Forceps, Ophthalmic
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 §886.4350 (Ophthalmic panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Forceps, Ophthalmic LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#707 of 1000 · 861 reports · 1992–2026
- BOOK 861 reports
- RANK #707 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 128 injury-typed
- MALF 728 malfunction
- SPAN 1992–2026
- PEAK 2020: 135
- PHOTO Clamp, Circumcision
Nearest event-volume peer: Clamp, Circumcision (1 report gap)
Forceps, Ophthalmic sits #707 of 1000 among tracked device types with 861 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, Ophthalmic carries 84.6% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 19.7pp 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 14.9% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-15.4 pp)
- MALF 84.6% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+19.7 pp)
Lead product-problem code Difficult to Open or Close is 49% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BAUSCH + LOMB accounts for 72% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 56% of location-tagged rows .
Forceps, Ophthalmic in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Electrocardio…
Electrocardiograph
868 reports
- Instrument
Instrument, Surgical, Disposable
866 reports
- Clamp
Clamp, Circumcision
862 reports
- Forceps (this)
Forceps, Ophthalmic
861 reports
- Hammer
Hammer, Surgical
858 reports
- Heat-Exchanger
Heat-Exchanger, Cardiopulmonary Bypass
858 reports
What this shows Forceps, Ophthalmic carries 861 MAUDE reports, ranked #707 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 (115) held close to the prior two-year average of 90.
Related Entities for Forceps, Ophthalmic
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Forceps, Ophthalmic 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 (861 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 Forceps, Ophthalmic 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, Ophthalmic; 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.