Boston Scientific
Performance by category
Death-per-report rate within each category, compared to the corpus-wide average for that same category. Ratio > 1 means this manufacturer's mortality is higher than the field for that category; ratio < 1 means lower.
| Category | Devices | Reports | Deaths | Death rate | Corpus avg | vs corpus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBS / neuromodulation | 9 | 45,247 | 227 | 0.50% | 1.53% | 0.33× |
| Cranial surgery | 4 | 13,727 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.38% | 0.00× |
| Neurovascular | 13 | 5,444 | 35 | 0.64% | 2.52% | 0.26× |
Temporal trajectory
Annual reports for this manufacturer's neurosurgical devices, split by FDA event type. Use it to spot inflection points (recall responses, product launches, reporting-pattern shifts).
Failure-mode signature
Per category, this manufacturer's failure-mode mix vs other manufacturers in the SAME category — an apples-to-apples comparison that strips out the confound of "which categories they happen to operate in." Click a category tab to drill in.
Highest-mortality devices
Top 10 of this manufacturer's devices ranked by death-per-report rate (minimum 100 reports to avoid small-sample noise). Click any device for its full profile.
| Device | Category | Reports | Deaths | Death rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Luge | Neurovascular | 166 | 4 | 2.41% |
| Boston Scientific Vercise Genus | DBS / neuromodulation | 843 | 19 | 2.25% |
| Boston Scientific Starter Guidewire | Neurovascular | 363 | 5 | 1.38% |
| Boston Scientific Infinion 16 | DBS / neuromodulation | 1,049 | 11 | 1.05% |
| Boston Scientific Artisan | DBS / neuromodulation | 768 | 6 | 0.78% |
| Boston Scientific V-18 Control Wire | Neurovascular | 514 | 4 | 0.78% |
| Boston Scientific Precision Spectra | DBS / neuromodulation | 10,815 | 59 | 0.55% |
| Boston Scientific Vercise | DBS / neuromodulation | 213 | 1 | 0.47% |
| Boston Scientific Precision | DBS / neuromodulation | 25,314 | 109 | 0.43% |
| Boston Scientific Faradrive Steerable Sheath Clear | Neurovascular | 3,549 | 14 | 0.39% |