Zimmer Biomet
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 | 466 | 25,065 | 184 | 0.73% | 0.38% | 1.95× |
| Neuronavigation | 105 | 3,282 | 2 | 0.06% | 0.24% | 0.25× |
| Spinal implants | 31 | 1,169 | 6 | 0.51% | 0.47% | 1.09× |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet Gelfoam | Cranial surgery | 417 | 32 | 7.67% |
| Zimmer Biomet Floseal Hemostatic Matrix | Cranial surgery | 237 | 16 | 6.75% |
| Zimmer Biomet Absorbable Gelatin | Cranial surgery | 119 | 8 | 6.72% |
| Zimmer Biomet Floseal | Cranial surgery | 274 | 10 | 3.65% |
| Zimmer Biomet Angled Micronose Attachment | Cranial surgery | 226 | 5 | 2.21% |
| Zimmer Biomet Surgicel Absorbable Hemostat | Cranial surgery | 296 | 6 | 2.03% |
| Zimmer Biomet Refobacin Bone Cement R 1X40G | Cranial surgery | 242 | 3 | 1.24% |
| Zimmer Biomet Unknown Plate | Cranial surgery | 101 | 1 | 0.99% |
| Zimmer Biomet Synthes | Cranial surgery | 403 | 3 | 0.74% |
| Zimmer Biomet DEPUY1 Gentamicin Cement | Cranial surgery | 272 | 2 | 0.74% |