Lenses, soft contact, daily wear: medical device reports filed with FDA

4,882 reports carry this product code, 1994–2026; 13 brands with a page.

Read first · FDA's statement on these data

Adverse event reports submitted to FDA do not undergo extensive validation or verification. Therefore, a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report. While a suspected relationship may exist, it is not medically validated and should not be the sole source of information for clinical decision making or other assumptions about the safety or efficacy of a product. Additionally, it is important to remember that adverse event reports represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product. Common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product. openFDA, FDA

FDA adds: "Although MDRs are a valuable source of information, this passive surveillance system has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data. In addition, the incidence or prevalence of an event cannot be determined from this reporting system alone due to potential under-reporting of events and lack of information about frequency of device use." And: "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices."

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4,882
reports with this product code: 0% of all MAUDE reports; 220
reports, 12 months to August 2026: 262 in the 12 months before; 4.9%
classified as malfunction: 62.3% across all reports; 0%
classified as death, as reported: 0.9% across all reports

Product code LPL is FDA's classification for "Lenses, soft contact, daily wear" (ophthalmic panel), a class 2 device. 4,882 medical device reports carry this product code, 0% of the MAUDE database, from January 1994 to August 2026.

220 reports arrived in the 12 months to August 2026, down 16% from 262 in the 12 months before. FDA releases MAUDE data monthly; reports can arrive months after an event, so the newest months grow in later releases. The event types recorded are injury (90.9%), malfunction (4.9%) and other (2.8%). 13 brand names with a page on this site carry this code; the brands table is ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices." It adds that the reporting system "has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data."

Brands with this product code

Brand	Reports	Latest 12 months	Classified as death	Classified as malfunction
Acuvue Oasys	180	27	0%	0.6%
Dailies Total 1	168	12	0%	0%
Avaira Sphere Enfilcon A	150	0	0%	0%
Air Optix Night & Day Aqua	85	9	0%	0.7%
Focus Night & Day	54	0	0%	0.5%
Acuvue 2	46	5	0%	0%
ACUVUE OASYS for ASTIGMATISM	29	18	0%	0%
Complete Moisture Plus	3	0	0%	6.9%
AdvanCE	2	8	2.7%	72.7%
Biofinity Toric (comfilcon A)	2	16	0%	0%
Amo Complete Moisture Plus	1	0	0%	8.6%
Ciba Vision Memory Lens	1	0	0%	49.7%
Clear Care	1	0	0%	1.9%

Ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices." It adds that the reporting system "has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data."

Manufacturers named

Manufacturer (as written on reports)	Reports	Share
Vistakon	1,065	21.8%
Ciba Vision	618	12.7%
Pt Ciba Vision Batam	260	5.3%
Bausch & Lomb	211	4.3%
Alcon Laboratories	19	0.4%
Bausch + Lomb	12	0.2%
Advanced Medical Optics	2	0%

Reports by month, five years

FDA releases MAUDE data monthly; reports can arrive months after an event, so the newest months grow in later releases.

Event type and report source

Event type

Death0%0

Injury90.9%4,436

Malfunction4.9%240

Other2.8%136

Not given1.4%70

Who filed

Manufacturer report79.4%3,877

Voluntary report20.6%1,004

User facility report0%0

Distributor report0%0

Not given0%1

Grey bar: all 26,136,888 MAUDE reports.

Device problems coded

Device problem (FDA code)	Reports	Share
Insufficient device problem information	655	13.4%
Disposable	636	13%
Patient-device incompatibilitythe device did not suit the patient	166	3.4%
Device operates differently than expectedthe device behaved unexpectedly	143	2.9%
Improper or incorrect procedure or method	120	2.5%
Nonstandard device	94	1.9%
Difficult to removethe device was hard to remove	83	1.7%
Reactiona reaction, type not specified	76	1.6%
Torn material	60	1.2%
Material split, cut or torn	56	1.1%
Breakthe device broke	48	1%
Replace	42	0.9%
Product quality problem	33	0.7%
Other (for use when an appropriate device code cannot be identified)	31	0.6%
Contamination	28	0.6%
Defective devicethe device was defective	28	0.6%
Tears, rips, holes in device, device material	25	0.5%
Device, removal of (non-implant)	23	0.5%
Microbial contamination of device	22	0.5%
Sticking	22	0.5%

Questions about lenses, soft contact, daily wear reports

What is product code LPL?

FDA's classification code for "Lenses, soft contact, daily wear", class 2, reviewed by the ophthalmic panel. Every device report carries the product code of the device involved.

How many reports carry this code?

4,882 reports through August 2026, 220 of them in the latest 12 months.

Which brands appear most often?

Acuvue Oasys (180), Dailies Total 1 (168), Avaira Sphere Enfilcon A (150), Air Optix Night & Day Aqua (85) and Focus Night & Day (54). Widely used products collect more reports because more people use them.

Can the brands table be used to rank the devices?

No. FDA states that "MDR data alone cannot be used to establish rates of events, evaluate a change in event rates over time or compare event rates between devices. The number of reports cannot be interpreted or used in isolation to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, or frequency of problems associated with devices." It adds that the reporting system "has limitations, including the potential submission of incomplete, inaccurate, untimely, unverified, or biased data." Brands differ in how many are in use, how long they have been sold and how reports are collected.

Where this comes from. Counts are built from the openFDA Device Adverse Event (MAUDE) bulk export released 28 Sep 2026, which holds reports FDA received through 31 Aug 2026. Brand, generic and manufacturer names are as written on the reports; product code names come from FDA's device classification. No report narrative, lot number, patient detail or reporter identity is published. See the methodology and sources; FDA's record is authoritative, and corrections are handled within five working days.

Drug data (FAERS) through 30 Jun 2026; device data (MAUDE) through 31 Aug 2026. Not medical advice.