ZIMMER GMBH

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ZIMMER GMBH come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2004–2026 · mid-book · typical Death-code · injury-heavy

Injury-mix signature

ZIMMER GMBH leans injury-heavy in event_type mix

Injury-coded event_type share is 76.1% (injury-heavy tercile) beside 0.25% Death-coded (typical). Volume band: mid.

What the Injury-mix reading shows for ZIMMER GMBH

The standout signal for ZIMMER GMBH is Injury-mix: 76.1% Injury-coded (injury-heavy) beside 0.25% Death-coded, on a mid-book footprint.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for ZIMMER GMBH. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Injury at 11,363 (76.1% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,926 reports across 23 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

14,925
Total Reports
37
Event-type Death
11,363
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 11,363 (76.1%)
Other 2,247 (15.1%)
Malfunction 990 (6.6%)
288 (1.9%)
Death 37 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

Hospitalization 8,443 (35.0%)
R 7,971 (33.0%)
Other 4,688 (19.4%)
907 (3.8%)
Required Intervention 768 (3.2%)
H 688 (2.9%)
O 584 (2.4%)
Death 32 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 23 (0.1%)
L 17 (0.1%)
D 5 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 4 (0.0%)
Disability 3 (0.0%)
S 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

04
2004: 3
05
2005: 1
06
2006: 13
07
2007: 66
08
2008: 352
09
2009: 568
10
2010: 780
11
2011: 541
12
2012: 800
13
2013: 1,073
14
2014: 1,926
15
2015: 1,430
16
2016: 1,481
17
2017: 1,817
18
2018: 1,227
19
2019: 765
20
2020: 199
21
2021: 5
22
2022: 9
23
2023: 140
24
2024: 632
25
2025: 985
26
2026: 112