2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Endoscope, Accessories, Image Post-Processing For Color Enhancement

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.

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openFDA event book Endoscope LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#813 of 1000 · 596 reports · 2015–2026

  • BOOK 596 reports
  • RANK #813 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 8 injury-typed
  • MALF 588 malfunction
  • SPAN 2015–2026
  • PEAK 2021: 201
  • PHOTO Pacemaker

Nearest event-volume peer: Pacemaker, Cardiac, External Transcutaneous (Non-Invasive) (1 report gap)

Endoscope, Accessories, Image Post-Processing For Color Enhancement sits #813 of 1000 among tracked device types with 596 MAUDE reports spanning 2015–2026. 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 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 1.3% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-29.1 pp)
  • MALF 98.7% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+34.2 pp)

Lead product-problem code No Display/Image is 23% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX TOKYO OFFICE accounts for 89% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 67% of location-tagged rows .

Endoscope in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Endoscope, Accessories, Image Post-Processing For Color Enhancement carries 596 MAUDE reports, ranked #813 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 588 (98.7%)
Injury 8 (1.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

582 (97.3%)
Other 8 (1.3%)
O 2 (0.3%)
Disability 2 (0.3%)
Hospitalization 2 (0.3%)
Required Intervention 2 (0.3%)

Top Product Problems

No Display/Image 132
Erratic or Intermittent Display 60
Unintended Movement 59
Image Display Error/Artifact 58
Optical Problem 48
Break 46
Poor Quality Image 45
Product Quality Problem 34
Circuit Failure 18
Display or Visual Feedback Problem 13
Overheating of Device 11
Optical Obstruction 10
Data Problem 9
Unintended System Motion 8
Fluid/Blood Leak 7
Device Markings/Labelling Problem 6
Failure to Power Up 6
Optical Distortion 6
Computer Software Problem 5
Loose or Intermittent Connection 5

Yearly Trend

15
2015: 2
16
2016: 3
17
2017: 1
18
2018: 38
19
2019: 30
20
2020: 8
21
2021: 201
22
2022: 66
23
2023: 78
24
2024: 103
25
2025: 61
26
2026: 5

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Event Locations

400 (67.1%)
I 182 (30.5%)
HOSPITAL 10 (1.7%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 2 (0.3%)
OTHER 2 (0.3%)

Compare HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX TOKYO OFFICE vs BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Endoscope, 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 (596 here).

Similar death-typed counts

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Endoscope 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 Endoscope; 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.