ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2000–2015

What the Data Shows About ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER is associated with 10,801 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 2000 through 2015. Of the total, 3 are coded as death reports and 3,079 as injury reports, with the remainder classified as malfunctions or other event types. These counts reflect reports submitted to the FDA by manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and patients — they are raw signal, not adjudicated safety findings, and higher-volume manufacturers or older product portfolios naturally generate larger raw counts.

The reports span 20 distinct device types attributed to this manufacturer in MAUDE, which means any safety read for ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER should be reviewed at the device-family level rather than company-wide. Across those devices, 5 distinct event types appear in the record, led by Malfunction at 7,665 reports (71.0% of total). Patient-outcome categorizations are reported across 11 distinct outcomes, giving a shaped distribution rather than a single headline figure.

Year-over-year reporting volume is tracked across 16 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 1,937 reports — trend shape can reflect shifts in device sales, FDA reporting requirements, or post-market recall activity as much as intrinsic device performance. The MAUDE system is one input among many in FDA post-market surveillance and does not draw safety conclusions from individual submissions. All figures reflect the openFDA snapshot refreshed on , and nothing on this page is medical or regulatory advice — consult a qualified clinician or the FDA for current safety communications.

10,801
Total Reports
3
Death Reports
3,079
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 7,665 (71.0%)
Injury 3,079 (28.5%)
Other 48 (0.4%)
6 (0.1%)
Death 3 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

7,705 (70.5%)
Required Intervention 1,697 (15.5%)
Other 1,294 (11.8%)
R 71 (0.7%)
Hospitalization 55 (0.5%)
S 47 (0.4%)
Disability 46 (0.4%)
O 3 (0.0%)
Death 2 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

00
2000: 147
01
2001: 281
02
2002: 274
03
2003: 177
04
2004: 176
05
2005: 141
06
2006: 279
07
2007: 359
08
2008: 333
09
2009: 379
10
2010: 1,937
11
2011: 1,334
12
2012: 1,631
13
2013: 1,658
14
2014: 1,492
15
2015: 203

Data Source

FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database via the openFDA API. Reports are submitted by manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and patients. Report counts do not indicate a manufacturer's products are unsafe — higher-volume manufacturers naturally generate more reports.