Medtronic
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 | 404 | 391,576 | 8,985 | 2.29% | 1.53% | 1.50× |
| Cranial stereotactic | 212 | 40,047 | 116 | 0.29% | 0.22% | 1.29× |
| Spinal implants | 22 | 32,342 | 48 | 0.15% | 0.47% | 0.32× |
| Cranial surgery | 389 | 28,826 | 216 | 0.75% | 0.38% | 1.99× |
| Neurovascular | 71 | 19,198 | 1,007 | 5.25% | 2.52% | 2.08× |
| Neuronavigation | 2 | 10,864 | 5 | 0.05% | 0.24% | 0.19× |
| Robotic spine | 1 | 3,987 | 46 | 1.15% | 0.62% | 1.85× |
| CSF / ICP | 5 | 397 | 4 | 1.01% | 0.89% | 1.14× |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic Ncp | DBS / neuromodulation | 1,274 | 384 | 30.14% |
| Medtronic Neurocybernetic Prosthesis | DBS / neuromodulation | 437 | 114 | 26.09% |
| Medtronic Adapta SR | DBS / neuromodulation | 969 | 237 | 24.46% |
| Medtronic Sensia SR | DBS / neuromodulation | 1,007 | 227 | 22.54% |
| Medtronic Sensia | DBS / neuromodulation | 106 | 23 | 21.70% |
| Medtronic Versa DR | DBS / neuromodulation | 1,031 | 203 | 19.69% |
| Medtronic Sensia DR | DBS / neuromodulation | 1,722 | 280 | 16.26% |
| Medtronic IPG | DBS / neuromodulation | 482 | 70 | 14.52% |
| Medtronic Onyx | Neurovascular | 1,301 | 172 | 13.22% |
| Medtronic Pipeline | Neurovascular | 2,943 | 388 | 13.18% |