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    "license": "https://open.fda.gov/license/",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-13"
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      "term": "Device Slipped",
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      "term": "Computer Software Problem",
      "count": 6
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      "term": "Use of Device Problem",
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      "term": "Application Network Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Device Emits Odor",
      "count": 5
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    {
      "term": "Insufficient Device Problem Information",
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      "term": "Fire",
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      "term": "Overheating of Device",
      "count": 4
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      "term": "Component Missing",
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      "term": "Device Stops Intermittently",
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      "term": "Display or Visual Feedback Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Malfunction",
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      "term": "Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem",
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      "term": "Ambient Temperature Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Battery Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Chemical Spillage",
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      "term": "Data Problem",
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      "term": "Device Issue",
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    {
      "term": "Disconnection",
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    {
      "term": "False Positive Result",
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    {
      "term": "Inappropriate/Inadequate Shock/Stimulation",
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    {
      "term": "Incorrect Measurement",
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    {
      "term": "No Audible Alarm",
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      "term": "No Display/Image",
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      "term": "Noise, Audible",
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      "term": "Therapeutic or Diagnostic Output Failure",
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      "term": "Thermal Decomposition of Device",
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      "term": "Bent",
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      "term": "Calibration Error",
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    {
      "term": "Charred",
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    {
      "term": "Collapse",
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    {
      "term": "Crack",
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    {
      "term": "Defective Device",
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    {
      "term": "Device Contamination with Body Fluid",
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    {
      "term": "Device Handling Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Device Remains Activated",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Electrical /Electronic Property Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Electrostatic Discharge",
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    {
      "term": "Failure to Advance",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Failure to Read Input Signal",
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    {
      "term": "High Test Results",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Human-Device Interface Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Improper Device Output",
      "count": 1
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      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Installation-Related Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Intermittent Continuity",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Labelling, Instructions for Use or Training Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Loss of Power",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Material Integrity Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Material Protrusion/Extrusion",
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    {
      "term": "Material Twisted/Bent",
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    {
      "term": "No Device Output",
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    {
      "term": "Noise",
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    {
      "term": "Output above Specifications",
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    {
      "term": "Patient Data Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Problem with Software Installation",
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      "term": "Product Quality Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Repair",
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    {
      "term": "Reset Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Sparking",
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    {
      "term": "System fails to activate",
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    {
      "term": "Temperature Problem",
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      "term": "Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)",
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