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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranial surgery | 224 | 27,291 | 20 | 0.07% | 0.38% | 0.19× |
| Spinal implants | 58 | 3,874 | 69 | 1.78% | 0.47% | 3.80× |
| Neurovascular | 15 | 1,459 | 40 | 2.74% | 2.52% | 1.09× |
| Cranial stereotactic | 2 | 967 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.22% | 0.00× |
| Neuroendoscopy | 4 | 207 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.14% | 0.00× |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Confidence Kit NO Needles | Spinal implants | 175 | 9 | 5.14% |
| Stryker Kyphx Hv-R Bone Cement | Spinal implants | 606 | 30 | 4.95% |
| Stryker Phenom Catheter | Neurovascular | 331 | 10 | 3.02% |
| Stryker Confidence Spinal Cmt Sys 11C | Spinal implants | 172 | 4 | 2.33% |
| Stryker Lvis D | Neurovascular | 105 | 2 | 1.90% |
| Stryker N/A | Cranial surgery | 543 | 10 | 1.84% |
| Stryker Kyphx® Hv-R Bone Cement | Spinal implants | 242 | 2 | 0.83% |
| Stryker Legend Tapered Dissecting Tool | Cranial surgery | 132 | 1 | 0.76% |
| Stryker Micro Oscillating Saw | Cranial surgery | 187 | 1 | 0.53% |
| Stryker Kyphon® Hv-R® Bone Cement | Spinal implants | 202 | 1 | 0.50% |