Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid
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 §868.5530 (Anesthesiology panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#642 of 1000 · 1,099 reports · 1994–2026
- BOOK 1,099 reports
- RANK #642 of 1000
- DEATH 6 death-typed
- INJ 33 injury-typed
- MALF 1,046 malfunction
- SPAN 1994–2026
- PEAK 2023: 268
- PHOTO System
Nearest event-volume peer: System, Irrigation, Urological (4 report gap)
Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid sits #642 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,099 MAUDE reports spanning 1994–2026. 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
Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid carries 95.2% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 30.4pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.5% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.0 pp)
- INJ 3.0% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-27.3 pp)
- MALF 95.2% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+30.4 pp)
Lead product-problem code Break is 44% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX TOKYO OFFICE accounts for 92% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 94% of location-tagged rows .
Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Dilator
Dilator, Catheter, Ureteral
1,108 reports
- System
System, Irrigation, Urological
1,103 reports
- Laryngoscope (this)
Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid
1,099 reports
- Growing Rod S…
Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation
1,094 reports
- Instrument
Instrument, Surgical, Orthopedic, Pneumatic Powered & Accessory/Attachment
1,087 reports
- Automated Uri…
Automated Urinalysis System
1,086 reports
What this shows Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid carries 1,099 MAUDE reports, ranked #642 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 fell to 87 in 2025, down from an average of 236 in the two years before.
Related Entities for Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX TOKYO OFFICE vs TELEFLEX MEDICAL →
Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid: 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 (1,099 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (6 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid 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 Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid; 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.