What are FDA adverse event reports for Forceps, Ophthalmic?

The FDA's MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience) database collects reports of adverse events involving medical devices. For Forceps, Ophthalmic, there are 823 total reports including 0 death reports and 121 injury reports. These reports are submitted by manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and patients. A high number of reports does not necessarily mean a device is unsafe, widely used devices naturally generate more reports.

How should I interpret MAUDE data for Forceps, Ophthalmic?

MAUDE reports are raw adverse event submissions, not confirmed safety findings. A report that a device was involved in a death does not mean the device caused the death. Reports vary in quality and completeness. The FDA uses MAUDE data as one input among many in its safety surveillance, it does not draw conclusions from individual reports. Always consult your healthcare provider about device safety questions.

2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Forceps, Ophthalmic

Name: Forceps, Ophthalmic - FDA MAUDE Adverse Event Reports
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Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

Compiled by PlainHospital · August 14, 2026

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openFDA event book Forceps, Ophthalmic LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#705 of 1000 · 823 reports · 1992–2026

BOOK 823 reports
RANK #705 of 1000
DEATH 0 death-typed
INJ 121 injury-typed
MALF 697 malfunction
SPAN 1992–2026
PEAK 2020: 135
PHOTO Suture

Nearest event-volume peer: Suture, Nonabsorbable, Synthetic, Polyester (1 report gap)

Forceps, Ophthalmic sits #705 of 1000 among tracked device types with 823 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 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
INJ 14.7% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-15.7 pp)
MALF 84.7% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+20.2 pp)

Lead product-problem code Difficult to Open or Close is 55% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BAUSCH + LOMB accounts for 49% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 54% of location-tagged rows .

Unit

828
Hammer

827
Suture

824
Forceps (this)

823
Instruments

820
Plate

816

What this shows Forceps, Ophthalmic carries 823 MAUDE reports, ranked #705 of 1000.

Event Types

Malfunction 697 (84.7%)

Injury 121 (14.7%)

3 (0.4%)

Other 2 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

663 (77.3%)

Other 93 (10.8%)

Required Intervention 55 (6.4%)

O 19 (2.2%)

H 11 (1.3%)

R 9 (1.0%)

Hospitalization 4 (0.5%)

Disability 3 (0.3%)

Invalid Data 1 (0.1%)

Yearly Trend

1992: 1

1994: 3

1995: 1

1996: 6

1997: 10

1998: 7

1999: 3

2000: 1

2002: 1

2003: 5

2004: 6

2005: 1

2006: 1

2007: 3

2008: 4

2009: 2

2010: 3

2011: 3

2012: 3

2013: 5

2014: 21

2015: 9

2016: 14

2017: 18

2018: 39

2019: 82

2020: 135

2021: 63

2022: 58

2023: 98

2024: 81

2025: 115

2026: 21

Top Manufacturers

BAUSCH + LOMB 33

BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 22

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. 9

BAUSCH & LOMB 4

Event Locations

448 (54.4%)

I 324 (39.4%)

HOSPITAL 31 (3.8%)

NO INFORMATION 7 (0.9%)

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 5 (0.6%)

AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 2 (0.2%)

INVALID DATA 2 (0.2%)

OTHER 2 (0.2%)

OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 1 (0.1%)

UNKNOWN 1 (0.1%)

Compare BAUSCH + LOMB vs BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Forceps, Ophthalmic, 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 (823 here).

Suture, Nonabsorbable, Synthetic, Polyester 824 Instruments, Surgical, Cardiovascular 820 Hammer, Surgical 827 Unit, Cautery, Thermal, Ac-Powered 828

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Aberrometer, Ophthalmic 0 Accessories, Arthroscopic 0 Accessories, Cleaning Brushes, For Endoscope 0 Accessories, Implant, Dental, Endosseous 0

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.

Forceps, Ophthalmic

Event-type mix vs corpus