Transducer, blood-pressure, extravascular: medical device reports filed with FDA

3,916 reports carry this product code, 1993–2026; 12 brands with a page.

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3,916
reports with this product code: 0% of all MAUDE reports; 177
reports, 12 months to August 2026: 195 in the 12 months before; 89.6%
classified as malfunction: 62.3% across all reports; 0.6%
classified as death, as reported: 0.9% across all reports

Product code DRS is FDA's classification for "Transducer, blood-pressure, extravascular" (cardiovascular panel), a class 2 device. 3,916 medical device reports carry this product code, 0% of the MAUDE database, from August 1993 to August 2026.

177 reports arrived in the 12 months to August 2026, close to the 195 of the 12 months before. FDA releases MAUDE data monthly; reports can arrive months after an event, so the newest months grow in later releases. The event types recorded are malfunction (89.6%), injury (6.4%) and other (2.5%). 12 brand names with a page on this site carry this code; the brands table is ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices." It adds that the reporting system "has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data."

Brands with this product code

Brand	Reports	Latest 12 months	Classified as death	Classified as malfunction
TruWave Disposable Pressure Transducer	382	67	0.5%	96.5%
FloTrac Sensor	184	10	0%	96.9%
Pressure Monitoring Kit	22	0	0.7%	90.4%
ICU Medical	20	55	0.3%	97.2%
Boston Scientific	13	5	3.3%	55%
Abbott	6	0	7.5%	52.1%
Medex	6	8	0%	81.7%
AngioDynamics	4	14	1.7%	82.2%
Safedraw	4	85	0%	97.7%
Transtar	2	0	0%	99.4%
Cardiosave Hybrid Type B Plug	1	2,631	0.4%	99.3%
Trans-Ray Plus 7 5 Fr 40cc Iab	1	0	0.3%	98.8%

Ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices." It adds that the reporting system "has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data."

Manufacturers named

Manufacturer (as written on reports)	Reports	Share
Edwards Lifesciences	737	18.8%
Icu Medical De Mexico S De R L De C V	668	17.1%
Medex	356	9.1%
Icu Medical	269	6.9%
Abbott Laboratories	245	6.3%
Smiths Medical Asd	155	4%
Smiths Medical	88	2.2%
Hospira	72	1.8%
Smiths Medical International	43	1.1%
Edwards Lifesciences Pr	20	0.5%
Merit Medical Systems	18	0.5%
Argon Medical Devices	12	0.3%
Hospira Costa Rica	10	0.3%
Icu Medical Healthcare Manufacturing De C V	8	0.2%
Datascope	3	0.1%

Reports by month, five years

FDA releases MAUDE data monthly; reports can arrive months after an event, so the newest months grow in later releases.

Event type and report source

Event type

Death0.6%25

Injury6.4%250

Malfunction89.6%3,507

Other2.5%98

Not given0.9%36

Who filed

Manufacturer report88.9%3,481

Voluntary report3.8%149

User facility report0%0

Distributor report0.2%6

Not given7.2%280

Grey bar: all 26,136,888 MAUDE reports.

Device problems coded

Device problem (FDA code)	Reports	Share
Detachment of device component	475	12.1%
Fluid/blood leak	405	10.3%
Leak/splashthe device leaked	391	10%
Breakthe device broke	318	8.1%
Material separation	313	8%
Disconnection	266	6.8%
Crackthe device cracked	179	4.6%
Replace	175	4.5%
Air leak	167	4.3%
Incorrect, inadequate or imprecise result or readings	93	2.4%
Component(s), broken	74	1.9%
Incorrect measurementthe device measured wrongly	58	1.5%
Backflow	56	1.4%
Contamination	52	1.3%
Unable to obtain readings	50	1.3%
Loose or intermittent connection	47	1.2%
Drift	44	1.1%
Air/gas in device	41	1%
Excess flow or over-infusion	39	1%
Cut in material	36	0.9%

Questions about transducer, blood-pressure, extravascular reports

What is product code DRS?

FDA's classification code for "Transducer, blood-pressure, extravascular", class 2, reviewed by the cardiovascular panel. Every device report carries the product code of the device involved.

How many reports carry this code?

3,916 reports through August 2026, 177 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which brands appear most often?

TruWave Disposable Pressure Transducer (382), FloTrac Sensor (184), Pressure Monitoring Kit (22), ICU Medical (20) and Boston Scientific (13). Widely used products collect more reports because more people use them.

Can the brands table be used to rank the devices?

No. FDA states that "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices." It adds that the reporting system "has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data." Brands differ in how many are in use, how long they have been sold and how reports are collected.

Where this comes from. Counts are built from the openFDA Device Adverse Event (MAUDE) bulk export released 28 Sep 2026, which holds reports FDA received through 31 Aug 2026. Brand, generic and manufacturer names are as written on the reports; product code names come from FDA's device classification. No report narrative, lot number, patient detail or reporter identity is published. See the methodology and sources; FDA's record is authoritative, and corrections are handled within five working days.

Drug data (FAERS) through 30 Jun 2026; device data (MAUDE) through 31 Aug 2026. Not medical advice.