What are FDA adverse event reports for Laryngoscope, Rigid?

The FDA's MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience) database collects reports of adverse events involving medical devices. For Laryngoscope, Rigid, there are 6,912 total reports including 68 death reports and 259 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 Laryngoscope, Rigid?

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

Laryngoscope, Rigid

Name: Laryngoscope, Rigid - 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 Laryngoscope, Rigid LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#260 of 1000 · 6,912 reports · 1992–2026

BOOK 6,912 reports
RANK #260 of 1000
DEATH 68 death-typed
INJ 259 injury-typed
MALF 6,552 malfunction
SPAN 1992–2026
PEAK 2025: 1,579
PHOTO Heart-Valve

Nearest event-volume peer: Heart-Valve, Mechanical (23 report gap)

Laryngoscope, Rigid sits #260 of 1000 among tracked device types with 6,912 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 1.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-0.5 pp)
INJ 3.7% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-26.7 pp)
MALF 94.8% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+30.3 pp)

Lead product-problem code No Display/Image is 33% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer TELEFLEX MEDICAL accounts for 56% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 54% of location-tagged rows .

Stent, Iliac

6,991
Hearing Aid

6,973
Warmer

6,957
Laryngoscope (this)

6,912
Heart-Valve

6,889
Prosthesis

6,864

What this shows Laryngoscope, Rigid carries 6,912 MAUDE reports, ranked #260 of 1000.

Event Types

Malfunction 6,552 (94.8%)

Injury 259 (3.7%)

Death 68 (1.0%)

Other 18 (0.3%)

15 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

6,266 (90.7%)

Other 275 (4.0%)

Required Intervention 176 (2.5%)

Death 64 (0.9%)

R 34 (0.5%)

Hospitalization 30 (0.4%)

Life Threatening 24 (0.3%)

O 12 (0.2%)

Disability 8 (0.1%)

D 6 (0.1%)

L 6 (0.1%)

S 5 (0.1%)

H 2 (0.0%)

Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

1992: 1

1996: 5

1997: 6

1998: 5

2000: 1

2001: 4

2002: 11

2003: 19

2004: 72

2005: 9

2006: 13

2007: 6

2008: 14

2009: 17

2010: 26

2011: 21

2012: 71

2013: 336

2014: 202

2015: 301

2016: 825

2017: 414

2018: 383

2019: 361

2020: 496

2021: 437

2022: 324

2023: 346

2024: 473

2025: 1,579

2026: 134

Top Manufacturers

TELEFLEX MEDICAL 1,101

KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG 762

MMJ SA DE CV (USD) 118

Event Locations

3,730 (54.0%)

I 2,858 (41.3%)

HOSPITAL 219 (3.2%)

NO INFORMATION 53 (0.8%)

OTHER 29 (0.4%)

AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 5 (0.1%)

INVALID DATA 4 (0.1%)

UNKNOWN 4 (0.1%)

HOME 3 (0.0%)

NOT APPLICABLE 2 (0.0%)

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 2 (0.0%)

PUBLIC VENUE 2 (0.0%)

OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 1 (0.0%)

Compare TELEFLEX MEDICAL vs KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Laryngoscope, Rigid, 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 (6,912 here).

Heart-Valve, Mechanical 6,889 Warmer, Thermal, Infusion Fluid 6,957 Prosthesis 6,864 Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction 6,973

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (68 here), distinct from the volume row.

Implant, Cochlear 68 Pulmonary Valve Prosthesis Percutaneously D… 69 Stylet, Catheter 69 Iliac Covered Stent, Arterial 70

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Laryngoscope, 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, 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.

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Event-type mix vs corpus