Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device
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 Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#408 of 1000 · 2,878 reports · 2004–2026
- BOOK 2,878 reports
- RANK #408 of 1000
- DEATH 14 death-typed
- INJ 746 injury-typed
- MALF 2,103 malfunction
- SPAN 2004–2026
- PEAK 2017: 420
- PHOTO Light Source
Nearest event-volume peer: Light Source, Fiberoptic, Routine (7 report gap)
Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device sits #408 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,878 MAUDE reports spanning 2004–2026. 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 25.9% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-4.5 pp)
- MALF 73.1% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+8.6 pp)
Lead product-problem code Break is 24% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer DAVIS & GECK CARIBE LTD accounts for 76% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 46% of location-tagged rows .
Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Adaptor
Adaptor, Hygiene
2,907 reports
- Syringe
Syringe, Antistick
2,905 reports
- Prosthesis
Prosthesis, Spinous Process Spacer/Plate
2,895 reports
- Light Source
Light Source, Fiberoptic, Routine
2,885 reports
- Endoscopic Ti… (this)
Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device
2,878 reports
- Instrument
Instrument, Surgical, Orthopedic, Dc-Powered Motor And Accessory/Attachment
2,855 reports
What this shows Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device carries 2,878 MAUDE reports, ranked #408 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
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Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device, 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 (2,878 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (14 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device 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 Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device; 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.