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FlexAbility Adverse Events: FDA MAUDE Data

ABBOTT (ST. JUDE MEDICAL) · Cardiac Ablation Catheter for Atrial Flutter · First cleared Jan 2012

Total Reports

114

Reports (30d)

1

Active Signals

1

Open Recalls

0

Monthly Report Volume
Event Type Breakdown

What the reports describe · Claripulse analysis

Most commonly reported problems

1

Electrode Noise During Ablation Procedure

observed, left, ablation procedure, completed, mapping

1

reports

Problem groupings are generated by Claripulse from report narrative text. They summarize what reporters wrote, not adjudicated root cause.

Detection

Active safety signals

Disproportionate reportingmedium

Evidence

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Bertini M, et al. · 2019

A mesh-type flexible tip catheter vs a contact force catheter for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A prospective nonrandomized 1:1 matched study.

Pak HN, et al. · 2020

Slit-based irrigation catheters can reduce procedure-related ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation.

Kim YG, et al. · 2020

Pentaspline Pulsed Field Ablation Versus High-Power Short-Duration/Very High-Power Short-Duration Radiofrequency Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis.

Mariani MV, et al. · 2025

Citations indexed from PubMed.

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Understanding this data

What FDA MAUDE data does and does not tell you

How these reports are filed, why raw counts mislead, and the limits to know before drawing conclusions.

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Disclaimer: This system analyzes publicly available FDA MAUDE data. It does NOT provide medical advice. MAUDE data is de-identified. Do not attempt re-identification. Report counts may differ from the FDA's MAUDE search due to processing cadence and deduplication. Data is updated weekly.