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The all-time picture (as of this issue)
372,958 total adverse event reports — 268,051 injuries, 102,433 malfunctions, 1,876 deaths. Reporting is not slowing: 33,527 reports in 2023 → 35,076 in 2024 → 31,445 in 2025. Since the FDA’s 2020 warning letter, the file has more than tripled.
The breakdown
- By manufacturer (2020–present): Abbott/St. Jude ~84,000
- Medtronic ~56,000
- Boston Scientific ~42,000
- Nevro ~5,000. What fails: charging problems (41,770)
- high impedance (35,951)
- battery issues (29,036)
- lead migration (~38,600)
- overheating (12,861). What patients feel: inadequate pain relief (97,076 — the largest category)
- pain (54,406)
- infection (15,206)
- burning sensation (13,720)
- electric shock (11,032). Most-reported systems: Medtronic Intellis (41,094)
- St. Jude Octrode leads (36,835)
- Boston Scientific Precision family (~40,000)
- Abbott Proclaim 5 Elite (~25,000).
Standing disclaimers — every issue, non-negotiable
MAUDE reports are not verified and do not establish causation; duplicates and incomplete entries exist; report counts are not injury rates. We publish them because the file’s scale and trajectory are themselves facts patients deserve access to — and because finding your own experience in the database is often the first proof you’re not imagining it.
If your experience matches this ledger
Report it to FDA MedWatch — it costs nothing and builds the public record. Document it in your own chart, in your words. And if it led to a second surgery, shocks, infection, or worse: the litigation exists precisely for the reports that became injuries.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources (3)
- FDA MAUDE database, product code LGW, counts compiled August 2026.
- FDA Letter to Health Care Providers (2020).
- FDA MedWatch voluntary reporting program.
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