Forceps
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 §878.4800 (General, Plastic Surgery panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Forceps LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#473 of 1000 · 2,217 reports · 1992–2026
- BOOK 2,217 reports
- RANK #473 of 1000
- DEATH 1 death-typed
- INJ 172 injury-typed
- MALF 2,017 malfunction
- SPAN 1992–2026
- PEAK 2013: 245
- PHOTO Warmer
Nearest event-volume peer: Warmer, Blood, Non-Electromagnetic Radiation (2 report gap)
Forceps sits #473 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,217 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 →
Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm
Forceps carries 91.0% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 26.2pp 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 7.8% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-22.5 pp)
- MALF 91.0% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+26.2 pp)
Lead product-problem code Break is 61% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SYNTHES GMBH accounts for 59% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 55% of location-tagged rows .
Forceps in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Implant
Implant, Anti-Gastroesophageal Reflux
2,236 reports
- Tray
Tray, Surgical, Instrument
2,231 reports
- Stimulator
Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Essential Tremor
2,224 reports
- Warmer
Warmer, Blood, Non-Electromagnetic Radiation
2,219 reports
- Forceps (this)
Forceps
2,217 reports
- Endoscopic Gr…
Endoscopic Grasping/Cutting Instrument, Non-Powered
2,211 reports
What this shows Forceps carries 2,217 MAUDE reports, ranked #473 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 (123) held close to the prior two-year average of 166.
Related Entities for Forceps
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare SYNTHES GMBH vs WRIGHTS LANE SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC →
Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Forceps: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (2,217 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 Forceps 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 Forceps; 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.