Synthes: medical device reports filed with FDA

82,699

reports naming it as manufacturer

0.3% of all MAUDE reports

12,450

reports, 12 months to August 2026

13,056 in the 12 months before

73.3%

classified as malfunction

62.3% across all reports

0.1%

classified as death, as reported

0.9% across all reports

Brands named most often

Brands with a page on this site, 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."

Device types

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

Grey bar: all 26,136,888 MAUDE reports. Event type is the filer's classification and is not verified by FDA.

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. Manufacturer names are pooled after company suffixes (Inc., LLC, GmbH and similar) are dropped; names that read as a person rather than an organisation are never published. 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.