Fluorometer, 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 Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §862.2560 (Clinical Chemistry panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Fluorometer, For Clinical Use LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#338 of 1000 · 4,519 reports · 1998–2026
- BOOK 4,519 reports
- RANK #338 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 23 injury-typed
- MALF 4,481 malfunction
- SPAN 1998–2026
- PEAK 2018: 2,123
- PHOTO Vaporizer
Nearest event-volume peer: Vaporizer, Anesthesia, Non-Heated (15 report gap)
Fluorometer, For Clinical Use sits #338 of 1000 among tracked device types with 4,519 MAUDE reports spanning 1998–2026. 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 →
Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm
Fluorometer, For Clinical Use carries 99.2% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 34.3pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
- INJ 0.5% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-29.8 pp)
- MALF 99.2% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+34.3 pp)
Lead product-problem code Mechanical Problem is 27% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer TOSOH CORPORATION accounts for 88% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY is 44% of location-tagged rows .
Fluorometer, For Clinical Use in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Broach
Broach
4,622 reports
- Vaporizer
Vaporizer, Anesthesia, Non-Heated
4,534 reports
- Fluorometer (this)
Fluorometer, For Clinical Use
4,519 reports
- Stimulator
Stimulator, Peripheral Nerve, Implanted (Pain Relief)
4,474 reports
- Computer
Computer, Diagnostic, Programmable
4,441 reports
- Pack
Pack, Hot Or Cold, Disposable
4,404 reports
What this shows Fluorometer, For Clinical Use carries 4,519 MAUDE reports, ranked #338 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
Reports in 2025 (181) held close to the prior two-year average of 214.
Related Entities for Fluorometer, For Clinical Use
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Fluorometer, For Clinical Use carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (4,519 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Fluorometer, For Clinical Use 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 Fluorometer, For Clinical Use; 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.