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Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc

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

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openFDA event book Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#480 of 1000 · 2,036 reports · 1996–2026

  • BOOK 2,036 reports
  • RANK #480 of 1000
  • DEATH 5 death-typed
  • INJ 87 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,896 malfunction
  • SPAN 1996–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 349
  • PHOTO Stimulator

Nearest event-volume peer: Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Essential Tremor (6 report gap)

Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc sits #480 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,036 MAUDE reports spanning 1996–2026. 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 0.2% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.3 pp)
  • INJ 4.3% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-26.2 pp)
  • MALF 93.1% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+28.6 pp)

Lead product-problem code No Display/Image is 26% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. accounts for 57% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 82% of location-tagged rows .

Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc carries 2,036 MAUDE reports, ranked #480 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,896 (93.1%)
Injury 87 (4.3%)
Other 33 (1.6%)
15 (0.7%)
Death 5 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,911 (93.9%)
Other 63 (3.1%)
Required Intervention 34 (1.7%)
Hospitalization 13 (0.6%)
Death 4 (0.2%)
O 3 (0.1%)
R 3 (0.1%)
S 2 (0.1%)
H 1 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

No Display/Image 342
Electrical /Electronic Property Problem 187
Poor Quality Image 102
No Device Output 101
Erratic or Intermittent Display 91
Failure to Power Up 89
Break 51
Display or Visual Feedback Problem 49
Output Problem 49
Activation Failure 47
No Visual Prompts/Feedback 46
Communication or Transmission Problem 38
Defective Device 31
Optical Problem 24
Power Problem 21
Connection Problem 19
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 14
Overheating of Device 14
Thermal Decomposition of Device 13
Activation Problem 12

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 2
97
1997: 3
98
1998: 2
99
1999: 3
00
2000: 2
01
2001: 4
02
2002: 4
03
2003: 14
04
2004: 10
05
2005: 116
06
2006: 30
07
2007: 32
08
2008: 29
09
2009: 153
10
2010: 21
11
2011: 132
12
2012: 36
13
2013: 7
14
2014: 11
15
2015: 8
16
2016: 15
17
2017: 14
18
2018: 20
19
2019: 18
20
2020: 114
21
2021: 149
22
2022: 158
23
2023: 200
24
2024: 296
25
2025: 349
26
2026: 84

Related Entities for Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc

Top Manufacturers

SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. 972
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 417
STRYKER ENDOSCOPY SAN JOSE 309
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG 7
STRYKER ENDOSCOPY - SAN JOSE 7

Event Locations

1,678 (82.4%)
I 299 (14.7%)
HOSPITAL 50 (2.5%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 3 (0.1%)
INVALID DATA 3 (0.1%)
NO INFORMATION 2 (0.1%)
OTHER 1 (0.0%)

Compare SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. vs OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc, 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 (2,036 here).

Stimulator 2,042 Filler, Bone Void, Calcium Compound 2,026 Tray, Surgical, Instrument 2,046 Cutaneous Tissue Adhesive With Mesh 2,023

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (5 here), distinct from the volume row.

Anesthesia Conduction Kit 5 Antigens, All Groups, Streptococcus Spp. 5 Apparatus, Exhaust, Surgical 5 Bit, Drill 5

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc 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 Light Source, Endoscope, Xenon Arc; 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.