ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2000–2015 · mid-book · quiet Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER is quieter on Death-coded events

Death-coded event_type rows are 3 of 10,801 (0.03% · quiet tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

The standout signal for ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER is Death-code intensity: 0.03% of 10,801 reports (quiet tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 7,665 (71.0% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,937 reports across 16 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

10,801
Total Reports
3
Event-type Death
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

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

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