2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories)

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 II (moderate risk, special controls required), regulated under 21 CFR §884.1720 (Obstetrics/Gynecology panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Laparoscope, Gynecologic MID-BOOK · MAUDE

#162 of 1000 · 16,889 reports · 1993–2026

  • BOOK 16,889 reports
  • RANK #162 of 1000
  • DEATH 24 death-typed
  • INJ 639 injury-typed
  • MALF 16,135 malfunction
  • SPAN 1993–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 4,569
  • PHOTO Template

Nearest event-volume peer: Template (26 report gap)

Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories) sits #162 of 1000 among tracked device types with 16,889 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. 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

Laparoscope, Gynecologic carries 95.5% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 30.7pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.1% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.4 pp)
  • INJ 3.8% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-26.5 pp)
  • MALF 95.5% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+30.7 pp)

Lead product-problem code Poor Quality Image is 28% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH accounts for 74% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 77% of location-tagged rows .

Laparoscope, Gynecologic in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories) carries 16,889 MAUDE reports, ranked #162 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 16,135 (95.5%)
Injury 639 (3.8%)
Other 65 (0.4%)
26 (0.2%)
Death 24 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

15,927 (94.1%)
Required Intervention 416 (2.5%)
Other 247 (1.5%)
R 110 (0.6%)
Death 88 (0.5%)
Hospitalization 52 (0.3%)
L 21 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 18 (0.1%)
S 17 (0.1%)
O 13 (0.1%)
H 7 (0.0%)
Disability 7 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Poor Quality Image 4,869
Other (for use when an appropriate device code cannot be identified) 3,586
Break 1,513
No Display/Image 1,434
Communication or Transmission Problem 1,122
Dent in Material 704
Erratic or Intermittent Display 539
Optical Discoloration 453
Output Problem 381
Material Split, Cut or Torn 367
Fracture 338
Scratched Material 331
Crack 307
Leak/Splash 288
Loose or Intermittent Connection 277
Optical Problem 261
Image Display Error/Artifact 241
Material Twisted/Bent 239
Display or Visual Feedback Problem 221
Failure to Cut 218

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 2
94
1994: 9
95
1995: 1
96
1996: 8
97
1997: 3
98
1998: 7
99
1999: 16
00
2000: 39
01
2001: 22
02
2002: 13
03
2003: 11
04
2004: 19
05
2005: 21
06
2006: 33
07
2007: 181
08
2008: 359
09
2009: 403
10
2010: 214
11
2011: 417
12
2012: 1,118
13
2013: 1,035
14
2014: 175
15
2015: 124
16
2016: 205
17
2017: 89
18
2018: 53
19
2019: 44
20
2020: 49
21
2021: 132
22
2022: 216
23
2023: 824
24
2024: 3,496
25
2025: 4,569
26
2026: 2,982

Reports rose to 4,569 in 2025, up from an average of 2,160 in the two years before - a recent-year increase, not a lifetime pattern.

Related Entities for Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories)

Event Locations

12,938 (76.6%)
HOSPITAL 3,223 (19.1%)
I 573 (3.4%)
NOT APPLICABLE 61 (0.4%)
OTHER 46 (0.3%)
NO INFORMATION 23 (0.1%)
INVALID DATA 8 (0.0%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER 4 (0.0%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 4 (0.0%)
UNKNOWN 4 (0.0%)
HOSPICE 3 (0.0%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 2 (0.0%)

Compare OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH vs ETHICON, INC. →

Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Laparoscope, Gynecologic: 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 (16,889 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (24 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Laparoscope, Gynecologic 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 Laparoscope, Gynecologic; 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.