Colorimeter, Photometer, Spectrophotometer For Clinical Use
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 MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Colorimeter LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#995 of 1000 · 348 reports · 1999–2026
- BOOK 348 reports
- RANK #995 of 1000
- DEATH 1 death-typed
- INJ 8 injury-typed
- MALF 294 malfunction
- SPAN 1999–2026
- PEAK 2014: 69
- PHOTO Light
Nearest event-volume peer: Light, Surgical, Accessories (1 report gap)
Colorimeter, Photometer, Spectrophotometer For Clinical Use sits #995 of 1000 among tracked device types with 348 MAUDE reports spanning 1999–2026. 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 0.3% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.2 pp)
- INJ 2.3% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-28.1 pp)
- MALF 84.5% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+20.0 pp)
Lead product-problem code Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings is 27% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. accounts for 46% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 89% of location-tagged rows .
Colorimeter in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Station
Station, Pipetting And Diluting, For Clinical Use
350 reports
- Unit
Unit, X-Ray, Intraoral
349 reports
- Colorimeter (this)
Colorimeter, Photometer, Spectrophotometer For Clinical Use
348 reports
- Light
Light, Surgical, Accessories
347 reports
- Stimulator
Stimulator, Carotid Sinus Nerve
347 reports
- Temporary Cat…
Temporary Catheter, Embolic Protection, Transcatheter Intracardiac Procedures
347 reports
What this shows Colorimeter, Photometer, Spectrophotometer For Clinical Use carries 348 MAUDE reports, ranked #995 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
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Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. vs BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) →
Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Colorimeter, 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 (348 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (1 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Colorimeter 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 Colorimeter; 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.