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Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit

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 Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#664 of 1000 · 977 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 977 reports
  • RANK #664 of 1000
  • DEATH 41 death-typed
  • INJ 189 injury-typed
  • MALF 708 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2014: 98
  • PHOTO Container, Sharps

Nearest event-volume peer: Container, Sharps (0 report gap)

Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit sits #664 of 1000 among tracked device types with 977 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 4.2% corpus 1.5% · above corpus mean (+2.7 pp)
  • INJ 19.3% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-11.1 pp)
  • MALF 72.5% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+8.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Gas/Air Leak is 16% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer TELEFLEX MEDICAL accounts for 65% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 55% of location-tagged rows .

Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit carries 977 MAUDE reports, ranked #664 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 708 (72.5%)
Injury 189 (19.3%)
Death 41 (4.2%)
Other 33 (3.4%)
6 (0.6%)

Patient Outcomes

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

688 (67.3%)
Required Intervention 141 (13.8%)
Other 58 (5.7%)
Death 39 (3.8%)
Life Threatening 39 (3.8%)
R 30 (2.9%)
L 9 (0.9%)
Hospitalization 8 (0.8%)
H 5 (0.5%)
Disability 3 (0.3%)
O 2 (0.2%)
S 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Gas/Air Leak 62
Obstruction of Flow 38
Crack 30
Material Split, Cut or Torn 28
Use of Device Problem 27
Break 22
Leak/Splash 21
Material Separation 21
Loose or Intermittent Connection 16
Partial Blockage 16
Disconnection 14
Filtration Problem 14
Detachment of Device or Device Component 13
Pressure Problem 13
Complete Blockage 11
Infusion or Flow Problem 10
Mechanical Problem 10
Connection Problem 9
Device Damaged Prior to Use 8
Device Markings/Labelling Problem 8

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 2
94
1994: 3
95
1995: 3
96
1996: 4
97
1997: 24
98
1998: 14
99
1999: 16
00
2000: 16
01
2001: 14
02
2002: 13
03
2003: 7
04
2004: 30
05
2005: 10
06
2006: 17
07
2007: 32
08
2008: 27
09
2009: 18
10
2010: 40
11
2011: 9
12
2012: 16
13
2013: 47
14
2014: 98
15
2015: 51
16
2016: 34
17
2017: 29
18
2018: 33
19
2019: 30
20
2020: 33
21
2021: 56
22
2022: 67
23
2023: 40
24
2024: 51
25
2025: 79
26
2026: 14

Related Entities for Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit

Top Manufacturers

TELEFLEX MEDICAL 229
MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB 41
SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 32
COVIDIEN 27
FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LTD 24

Event Locations

536 (54.9%)
HOSPITAL 244 (25.0%)
I 176 (18.0%)
NO INFORMATION 9 (0.9%)
OTHER 3 (0.3%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 3 (0.3%)
INVALID DATA 2 (0.2%)
UNKNOWN 2 (0.2%)
NOT APPLICABLE 1 (0.1%)
NURSING HOME 1 (0.1%)

Compare TELEFLEX MEDICAL vs MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit, 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 (977 here).

Container, Sharps 977 Hepatitis A Test 977 Pack, Hot Or Cold, Water Circulating 983 Prosthesis 984

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (41 here), distinct from the volume row.

Bed, Flotation Therapy, Powered 41 Hysteroscope 41 Source, Brachytherapy, Radionuclide 41 Suture, Surgical, Absorbable, Polydioxanone 41

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit 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 Filter, Bacterial, Breathing-Circuit; 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.