System, Hyperthermia, Rf/Microwave (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia),Thermotherapy
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 MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book System LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#597 of 1000 · 1,248 reports · 1994–2018
- BOOK 1,248 reports
- RANK #597 of 1000
- DEATH 7 death-typed
- INJ 342 injury-typed
- MALF 867 malfunction
- SPAN 1994–2018
- PEAK 2008: 358
- PHOTO Intervertebral Fusion…
Nearest event-volume peer: Intervertebral Fusion Device With Integrated Fixation, Lumbar (2 report gap)
System, Hyperthermia, Rf/Microwave (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia),Thermotherapy sits #597 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,248 MAUDE reports spanning 1994–2018. 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 0.6% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.0 pp)
- INJ 27.4% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-3.0 pp)
- MALF 69.5% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+5.0 pp)
Lead product-problem code Protective Measures Problem is 100% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION accounts for 86% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 89% of location-tagged rows .
System in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Needle
Needle, Conduction, Anesthetic (W/Wo Introducer)
1,266 reports
- Bed
Bed, Pediatric Open Hospital
1,263 reports
- System (this)
System, Hyperthermia, Rf/Microwave (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia),Thermotherapy
1,248 reports
- Intervertebra…
Intervertebral Fusion Device With Integrated Fixation, Lumbar
1,246 reports
- Peripheral Me…
Peripheral Mechanical Thrombectomy With Aspiration
1,239 reports
- Tap, Bone
Tap, Bone
1,235 reports
What this shows System, Hyperthermia, Rf/Microwave (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia),Thermotherapy carries 1,248 MAUDE reports, ranked #597 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
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Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION vs BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MARLBOROUGH →
Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for System, 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 (1,248 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (7 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for System 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 System; 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.