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2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class I

Cannula, Ophthalmic

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §886.4350 (Ophthalmic panel).

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openFDA event book Cannula, Ophthalmic LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#728 of 1000 · 807 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 807 reports
  • RANK #728 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 271 injury-typed
  • MALF 521 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 110
  • PHOTO Intracranial Coil-Ass…

Nearest event-volume peer: Intracranial Coil-Assist Stent (1 report gap)

Cannula, Ophthalmic sits #728 of 1000 among tracked device types with 807 MAUDE reports spanning 1992–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Injury-coded reports run above the device-type norm

Cannula, Ophthalmic carries 33.6% INJURY-coded reports, 3.3pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 33.6% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+3.3 pp)
  • MALF 64.6% corpus 64.8% · near corpus mean (-0.3 pp)

Lead product-problem code Detachment of Device or Device Component is 17% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer ALCON RESEARCH, LLC - ALCON PRECISION DEVICE accounts for 96% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 66% of location-tagged rows .

Cannula, Ophthalmic in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Cannula, Ophthalmic carries 807 MAUDE reports, ranked #728 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 521 (64.6%)
Injury 271 (33.6%)
Other 10 (1.2%)
5 (0.6%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

469 (55.8%)
Other 164 (19.5%)
Required Intervention 160 (19.0%)
R 20 (2.4%)
O 10 (1.2%)
Disability 7 (0.8%)
Hospitalization 5 (0.6%)
S 3 (0.4%)
Invalid Data 1 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Detachment of Device or Device Component 119
Complete Blockage 68
Break 65
Material Separation 65
Obstruction of Flow 61
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 59
Particulates 49
Fitting Problem 37
Detachment Of Device Component 36
Disconnection 29
Insufficient Device Problem Information 23
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 16
Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material 13
Material Fragmentation 13
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 11
Other (for use when an appropriate device code cannot be identified) 10
Contamination /Decontamination Problem 9
Migration or Expulsion of Device 8
Product Quality Problem 8
Sharp Edges 8

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 2
93
1993: 1
94
1994: 4
95
1995: 1
96
1996: 6
97
1997: 20
98
1998: 13
99
1999: 2
00
2000: 17
01
2001: 2
02
2002: 4
03
2003: 7
04
2004: 4
05
2005: 1
06
2006: 3
07
2007: 4
08
2008: 9
09
2009: 12
10
2010: 13
11
2011: 11
12
2012: 14
13
2013: 8
14
2014: 18
15
2015: 18
16
2016: 36
17
2017: 27
18
2018: 38
19
2019: 27
20
2020: 27
21
2021: 41
22
2022: 46
23
2023: 93
24
2024: 102
25
2025: 110
26
2026: 66

Reports in 2025 (110) held close to the prior two-year average of 98.

Related Entities for Cannula, Ophthalmic

Top Manufacturers

ALCON RESEARCH, LLC - ALCON PRECISION DEVICE 337
BAUSCH + LOMB 13

Event Locations

533 (66.0%)
I 172 (21.3%)
HOSPITAL 63 (7.8%)
NO INFORMATION 11 (1.4%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 10 (1.2%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 6 (0.7%)
UNKNOWN 6 (0.7%)
INVALID DATA 4 (0.5%)
NOT APPLICABLE 2 (0.2%)

Compare ALCON RESEARCH, LLC - ALCON PRECISION DEVICE vs BAUSCH + LOMB →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Cannula, Ophthalmic carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (807 here).

Intracranial Coil-Assist Stent 806 Respiratory Virus Panel Nucleic Acid Assay… 808 Unit, Neonatal Phototherapy 808 System 804

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Aberrometer, Ophthalmic 0 Accessories, Arthroscopic 0 Accessories, Cleaning Brushes, For Endoscope 0 Accessories, Implant, Dental, Endosseous 0

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Cannula, Ophthalmic are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Cannula, Ophthalmic; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.