What are FDA adverse event reports for Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic?

The FDA's MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience) database collects reports of adverse events involving medical devices. For Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic, there are 3,642 total reports including 23 death reports and 316 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 Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic?

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

Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic

Name: Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic - 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 Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#362 of 1000 · 3,642 reports · 1994–2026

BOOK 3,642 reports
RANK #362 of 1000
DEATH 23 death-typed
INJ 316 injury-typed
MALF 3,227 malfunction
SPAN 1994–2026
PEAK 2024: 988
PHOTO Stapler, Skin

Nearest event-volume peer: Stapler, Skin (3 report gap)

Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic sits #362 of 1000 among tracked device types with 3,642 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 →

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 (-0.9 pp)
INJ 8.7% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-21.8 pp)
MALF 88.6% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+24.1 pp)

Lead product-problem code Poor Quality Image is 46% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. accounts for 49% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 63% of location-tagged rows .

Covid-19 Mult…

3,713
Artificial He…

3,662
Syringe

3,659
Transducer (this)

3,642
Stapler, Skin

3,639
Bone Cement

3,616

What this shows Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic carries 3,642 MAUDE reports, ranked #362 of 1000.

Event Types

Malfunction 3,227 (88.6%)

Injury 316 (8.7%)

Other 58 (1.6%)

Death 23 (0.6%)

18 (0.5%)

Patient Outcomes

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

2,969 (80.2%)

Other 428 (11.6%)

Required Intervention 144 (3.9%)

Hospitalization 53 (1.4%)

R 31 (0.8%)

Death 21 (0.6%)

O 14 (0.4%)

Life Threatening 13 (0.4%)

L 10 (0.3%)

H 6 (0.2%)

S 5 (0.1%)

Congenital Anomaly 3 (0.1%)

Disability 3 (0.1%)

D 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

1994: 2

1995: 1

1996: 2

1997: 14

1998: 6

1999: 13

2000: 10

2001: 11

2002: 15

2003: 14

2004: 22

2005: 16

2006: 20

2007: 16

2008: 39

2009: 23

2010: 30

2011: 34

2012: 29

2013: 38

2014: 43

2015: 183

2016: 269

2017: 412

2018: 130

2019: 119

2020: 116

2021: 146

2022: 87

2023: 138

2024: 988

2025: 575

2026: 81

Top Manufacturers

SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. 543

C.R. BARD, INC. (BASD) -3006260740 218

OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 137

BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS 115

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 106

Event Locations

2,310 (63.4%)

I 856 (23.5%)

HOSPITAL 351 (9.6%)

NO INFORMATION 76 (2.1%)

HOME 11 (0.3%)

OTHER 11 (0.3%)

INVALID DATA 8 (0.2%)

UNKNOWN 8 (0.2%)

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 5 (0.1%)

AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 2 (0.1%)

OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 2 (0.1%)

CLINIC - WALK IN, OTHER 1 (0.0%)

NOT APPLICABLE 1 (0.0%)

Compare SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. vs C.R. BARD, INC. (BASD) -3006260740 →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic, 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 (3,642 here).

Stapler, Skin 3,639 Syringe, Balloon Inflation 3,659 Artificial Heart 3,662 Bone Cement, Antibiotic 3,616

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (23 here), distinct from the volume row.

Cannula, Catheter 23 Electrode, Electrocardiograph 23 Regulator, Pressure, Gas Cylinder 23 Stylet For Catheter, Gastro-Urology 23

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

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic 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 Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic; 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