Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece)
Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.
OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.
FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §868.5240 (Anesthesiology panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Circuit, Breathing LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#462 of 1000 · 2,347 reports · 1992–2026
- BOOK 2,347 reports
- RANK #462 of 1000
- DEATH 11 death-typed
- INJ 295 injury-typed
- MALF 1,917 malfunction
- SPAN 1992–2026
- PEAK 2023: 251
- PHOTO Catheter
Nearest event-volume peer: Catheter, Peritoneal, Long-Term Indwelling (8 report gap)
Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece) sits #462 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,347 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 sit below the device-type norm
Circuit, Breathing carries 12.6% INJURY-coded reports, 17.7pp below the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.5% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.0 pp)
- INJ 12.6% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-17.7 pp)
- MALF 81.7% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+16.9 pp)
Lead product-problem code Leak/Splash is 22% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer TELEFLEX MEDICAL accounts for 62% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 61% of location-tagged rows .
Circuit, Breathing in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Electrode
Electrode, Electrosurgical, Active, Urological
2,372 reports
- Stimulator
Stimulator, Autonomic Nerve, Implanted (Depression)
2,367 reports
- Catheter
Catheter, Peritoneal, Long-Term Indwelling
2,355 reports
- Circuit (this)
Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece)
2,347 reports
- Light Source
Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc
2,332 reports
- Catheter
Catheter, Intravascular Occluding, Temporary
2,330 reports
What this shows Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece) carries 2,347 MAUDE reports, ranked #462 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
Reports fell to 108 in 2025, down from an average of 184 in the two years before.
Related Entities for Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece)
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Circuit, Breathing: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (2,347 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (11 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Circuit, Breathing 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 Circuit, Breathing; 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.