STAAR SURGICAL CO.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for STAAR SURGICAL CO. 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 · 1996–2023 · mid-book · quiet Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

STAAR SURGICAL CO. is quieter on Death-coded events

Death-coded event_type rows are 0 of 9,648 (0.00% · quiet tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for STAAR SURGICAL CO.

The standout signal for STAAR SURGICAL CO. is Death-code intensity: 0.00% of 9,648 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 STAAR SURGICAL CO.. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 10 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 5,957 (61.7% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,711 reports across 21 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

9,648
Total Reports
0
Event-type Death
3,147
Injury Reports
10
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 5,957 (61.7%)
Injury 3,147 (32.6%)
Other 530 (5.5%)
14 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

5,720 (58.7%)
Required Intervention 2,912 (29.9%)
Other 988 (10.1%)
R 89 (0.9%)
Hospitalization 33 (0.3%)

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 8
97
1997: 30
98
1998: 26
99
1999: 25
00
2000: 22
01
2001: 24
02
2002: 34
03
2003: 41
04
2004: 1,711
05
2005: 1,398
06
2006: 1,320
07
2007: 1,291
08
2008: 934
09
2009: 999
10
2010: 981
11
2011: 392
12
2012: 217
13
2013: 174
14
2014: 19
16
2016: 1
23
2023: 1