2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Ultrasound Bronchoscope

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 Ultrasound Bronchoscope LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#352 of 1000 · 3,881 reports · 2016–2026

  • BOOK 3,881 reports
  • RANK #352 of 1000
  • DEATH 7 death-typed
  • INJ 325 injury-typed
  • MALF 3,549 malfunction
  • SPAN 2016–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 1,491
  • PHOTO Prosthesis

Nearest event-volume peer: Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained (Metal Cemented Acetabular Component) (11 report gap)

Ultrasound Bronchoscope sits #352 of 1000 among tracked device types with 3,881 MAUDE reports spanning 2016–2026. 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 8.4% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-22.1 pp)
  • MALF 91.4% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+26.9 pp)

Lead product-problem code No Display/Image is 26% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SHIRAKAWA OLYMPUS CO., LTD. accounts for 81% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 89% of location-tagged rows .

Ultrasound Bronchoscope in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Ultrasound Bronchoscope carries 3,881 MAUDE reports, ranked #352 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 3,549 (91.4%)
Injury 325 (8.4%)
Death 7 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

3,555 (90.9%)
Required Intervention 150 (3.8%)
Other 135 (3.5%)
O 25 (0.6%)
R 22 (0.6%)
Death 8 (0.2%)
Hospitalization 8 (0.2%)
H 5 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 3 (0.1%)
L 1 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

No Display/Image 1,000
Detachment of Device or Device Component 587
Failure to Clean Adequately 342
Communication or Transmission Problem 287
Poor Quality Image 269
Break 251
Device Reprocessing Problem 207
Peeled/Delaminated 167
Microbial Contamination of Device 162
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 88
Material Puncture/Hole 87
Material Split, Cut or Torn 62
Corroded 60
Material Rupture 58
Material Separation 58
Leak/Splash 50
Contamination 48
Display or Visual Feedback Problem 43
Material Deformation 38
Image Display Error/Artifact 37

Yearly Trend

16
2016: 16
17
2017: 15
18
2018: 37
19
2019: 23
20
2020: 149
21
2021: 134
22
2022: 367
23
2023: 717
24
2024: 627
25
2025: 1,491
26
2026: 305

Related Entities for Ultrasound Bronchoscope

Event Locations

3,443 (88.7%)
I 315 (8.1%)
HOSPITAL 121 (3.1%)
NO INFORMATION 1 (0.0%)
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 Ultrasound Bronchoscope, 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 (3,881 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (7 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Ultrasound Bronchoscope 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 Ultrasound Bronchoscope; 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.