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Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers

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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FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §878.4800 (General, Plastic Surgery panel).

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openFDA event book Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#941 of 1000 · 435 reports · 2003–2026

  • BOOK 435 reports
  • RANK #941 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 20 injury-typed
  • MALF 412 malfunction
  • SPAN 2003–2026
  • PEAK 2021: 161
  • PHOTO Condenser

Nearest event-volume peer: Condenser, Heat And Moisture (Artificial Nose) (0 report gap)

Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers sits #941 of 1000 among tracked device types with 435 MAUDE reports spanning 2003–2026. 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

Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers carries 94.7% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 29.9pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 4.6% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-25.7 pp)
  • MALF 94.7% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+29.9 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 73% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. accounts for 95% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 52% of location-tagged rows .

Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers carries 435 MAUDE reports, ranked #941 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 412 (94.7%)
Injury 20 (4.6%)
3 (0.7%)

Patient Outcomes

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

415 (95.0%)
Required Intervention 13 (3.0%)
Other 5 (1.1%)
R 2 (0.5%)
Hospitalization 2 (0.5%)

Top Product Problems

Break 336
Fracture 34
Crack 16
Naturally Worn 14
Component Missing 6
Detachment of Device or Device Component 6
Material Twisted/Bent 6
Material Deformation 5
Device Markings/Labelling Problem 4
Incorrect Measurement 4
Labelling, Instructions for Use or Training Problem 4
Material Fragmentation 4
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 3
Material Separation 3
Scratched Material 3
Corroded 2
Material Integrity Problem 2
Mechanical Jam 2
Overheating of Device 2
Unintended Movement 2

Yearly Trend

03
2003: 1
09
2009: 2
11
2011: 2
12
2012: 1
13
2013: 3
14
2014: 2
15
2015: 3
17
2017: 5
18
2018: 2
19
2019: 11
20
2020: 112
21
2021: 161
22
2022: 93
23
2023: 9
24
2024: 12
25
2025: 9
26
2026: 7

Reports in 2025 (9) held close to the prior two-year average of 11.

Related Entities for Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers

Event Locations

I 228 (52.4%)
200 (46.0%)
HOSPITAL 4 (0.9%)
NO INFORMATION 3 (0.7%)

Compare SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. vs DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (435 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers 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 Tape, Measuring, Rulers And Calipers; 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.