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Growth rate of medical device recalls due to device design issues in U.S. 2010-2014

Growth of device-design-related medical device recalls in the U.S. for the period 2010-2014, by area

The data displays the recall growth rate of medical devices recalled due to the design of the device in the United States from 2010 to 2014, by device design area. Over this time, all areas of device design, with the exception of component design and software design, saw growth rates in recalls of over 100%. The only area where recalls decreased was component design.

Process design 872
Packaging design 761
Labeling design 361
Software design MFG 326
Software design 70
Device design 2
Component design -51