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  "meta": {
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    "license": "https://open.fda.gov/license/",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-13"
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      "term": "Entrapment of Device",
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      "term": "Sticking",
      "count": 24
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      "term": "Difficult to Remove",
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    {
      "term": "Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem",
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      "term": "Physical Resistance",
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      "term": "Device Displays Incorrect Message",
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    {
      "term": "Difficult to Advance",
      "count": 8
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    {
      "term": "Failure to Advance",
      "count": 8
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      "term": "Torn Material",
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    {
      "term": "Detachment Of Device Component",
      "count": 7
    },
    {
      "term": "Device, removal of (non-implant)",
      "count": 6
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    {
      "term": "Difficult to Insert",
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    {
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      "term": "Display or Visual Feedback Problem",
      "count": 5
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      "term": "Material Protrusion/Extrusion",
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    {
      "term": "Connection Problem",
      "count": 4
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    {
      "term": "Device Operates Differently Than Expected",
      "count": 4
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      "term": "Material Deformation",
      "count": 4
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    {
      "term": "Tip breakage",
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      "count": 3
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      "term": "Fracture",
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    {
      "term": "Image Display Error/Artifact",
      "count": 3
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    {
      "term": "Insufficient Device Problem Information",
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    {
      "term": "Material Twisted/Bent",
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    {
      "term": "No Device Output",
      "count": 3
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    {
      "term": "Output Problem",
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    {
      "term": "Retraction Problem",
      "count": 3
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    {
      "term": "Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Bent",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Defective Device",
      "count": 2
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      "term": "Device Contamination with Body Fluid",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Device Damaged by Another Device",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Device Sensing Problem",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Electrical /Electronic Property Problem",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Erratic or Intermittent Display",
      "count": 2
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      "term": "Kinked",
      "count": 2
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      "term": "Loose or Intermittent Connection",
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    {
      "term": "Material Fragmentation",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Material Frayed",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Out-Of-Box Failure",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Poor Quality Image",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Positioning Problem",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Replace",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Signal Artifact/Noise",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Stretched",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Unable to Obtain Readings",
      "count": 2
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    {
      "term": "Accessory Incompatible",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Calcified",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Communication or Transmission Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Component Incompatible",
      "count": 1
    },
    {
      "term": "Contamination",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Crack",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Detachment of Device or Device Component",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Device Alarm System",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Device Damaged Prior to Use",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Device Dislodged or Dislocated",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Device Handling Problem",
      "count": 1
    },
    {
      "term": "Device Inoperable",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Device, or device fragments remain in patient",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Disconnection",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Electrical Shorting",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Energy Output Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Failure to Deliver",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Failure to Read Input Signal",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Failure to Sense",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Fitting Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Incorrect Device Or Component Shipped",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Intermittent Loss of Power",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Looping",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Loss of Power",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Loss of or Failure to Bond",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Material Disintegration",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Material Puncture/Hole",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Material Split, Cut or Torn",
      "count": 1
    },
    {
      "term": "Mechanical Jam",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Positioning Failure",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Product Quality Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Protective Measures Problem",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Scratched Material",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Sharp/jagged/rough/etched/scratched",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Split",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Therapeutic or Diagnostic Output Failure",
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    {
      "term": "Unintended Collision",
      "count": 1
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      "term": "Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)",
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    {
      "term": "Unsealed Device Packaging",
      "count": 1
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    {
      "term": "Visual Prompts will not Clear",
      "count": 1
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      "term": "Wire(s), breakage of",
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