2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

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.

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openFDA event book Circuit, Breathing LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#451 of 1000 · 2,298 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 2,298 reports
  • RANK #451 of 1000
  • DEATH 11 death-typed
  • INJ 296 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,867 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2023: 251
  • PHOTO Intervertebral Fusion…

Nearest event-volume peer: Intervertebral Fusion Device With Integrated Fixation, Cervical (4 report gap)

Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece) sits #451 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,298 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 →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.5% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.0 pp)
  • INJ 12.9% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-17.6 pp)
  • MALF 81.2% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+16.7 pp)

Lead product-problem code Gas/Air Leak is 24% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer TELEFLEX MEDICAL accounts for 44% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 60% of location-tagged rows .

Circuit, Breathing in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece) carries 2,298 MAUDE reports, ranked #451 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,867 (81.2%)
Injury 296 (12.9%)
Other 108 (4.7%)
16 (0.7%)
Death 11 (0.5%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,761 (75.2%)
Other 270 (11.5%)
Required Intervention 199 (8.5%)
Life Threatening 35 (1.5%)
R 28 (1.2%)
Hospitalization 13 (0.6%)
Death 10 (0.4%)
Disability 9 (0.4%)
L 6 (0.3%)
O 5 (0.2%)
S 4 (0.2%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Gas/Air Leak 336
Leak/Splash 260
Disconnection 167
Product Quality Problem 105
Crack 94
Loose or Intermittent Connection 71
Material Puncture/Hole 54
Break 51
Connection Problem 36
Component Missing 24
Defective Component 24
Material Deformation 22
Detachment of Device or Device Component 21
Fracture 20
Obstruction of Flow 20
Fluid/Blood Leak 19
Fitting Problem 18
Material Split, Cut or Torn 18
Material Integrity Problem 17
Failure to Deliver 15

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 3
93
1993: 5
94
1994: 8
95
1995: 11
96
1996: 30
97
1997: 73
98
1998: 54
99
1999: 37
00
2000: 29
01
2001: 25
02
2002: 32
03
2003: 7
04
2004: 9
05
2005: 16
06
2006: 18
07
2007: 12
08
2008: 29
09
2009: 15
10
2010: 73
11
2011: 133
12
2012: 125
13
2013: 94
14
2014: 62
15
2015: 32
16
2016: 164
17
2017: 154
18
2018: 39
19
2019: 62
20
2020: 71
21
2021: 138
22
2022: 244
23
2023: 251
24
2024: 118
25
2025: 108
26
2026: 17

Related Entities for Circuit, Breathing (W Connector, Adaptor, Y Piece)

Event Locations

1,381 (60.1%)
I 530 (23.1%)
HOSPITAL 310 (13.5%)
OTHER 25 (1.1%)
INVALID DATA 17 (0.7%)
NO INFORMATION 16 (0.7%)
UNKNOWN 13 (0.6%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 5 (0.2%)
HOME 1 (0.0%)

Compare TELEFLEX MEDICAL vs SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD. →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Circuit, Breathing, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (2,298 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (11 here), distinct from the volume row.

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.