Olympus Corporation of the Americas Recalls

Hazard: Specific repaired colonovideoscopes were assembled without an adhesive which protects them from certain physical conditions such as high levels of vibration, fluctuation in temperature or severe shock loads.

Hazard: Specific repaired colonovideoscopes were assembled without an adhesive which protects them from certain physical conditions such as high levels of vibration, fluctuation in temperature or severe shock loads.

Hazard: Specific repaired colonovideoscopes were assembled without an adhesive which protects them from certain physical conditions such as high levels of vibration, fluctuation in temperature or severe shock loads.

Hazard: The jaw may fracture prior to the procedure during the inspection instructed per the IFU, or during the procedure.

Hazard: Single Use Distal Cover MAJ-2315 may unexpectedly detach from the duodenoscope during use result include the risk of mucosal injury, tissue damage, bleeding, perforation, or obstruction due to retained distal cover in the gastrointestinal tract that would require urgent medical intervention for removal, and/or burns from the use an uncovered duodenoscope distal end. Detachment of a distal cover in the oral cavity may result in aspiration, airway obstruction, or respiratory distress and would require immediate medical intervention for removal.

Hazard: Water filter may have been assembled incorrectly, resulting in unfiltered tap water being used for reprocessing. This may expose a patient to a potentially contaminated device, presenting a risk of infection or sepsis.

Hazard: The expiration date is missing from the primary (inner) packaging. The secondary (outer) box label correctly states the expiration date of February 12, 2033, for this lot

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Product balloon issues: inflating, deflating and/or retrieving the devices; reports of bursting and leaking and events involving foreign body in patient and prolonged procedure.

Hazard: Olympus identified inconsistencies in the Instructions for Use regarding cleaning the fiber tip and fiber cleaving and stripping instructions. Following the current instructions presents the potential for the fiber to break during use, which may cause burns, procedure delays, prolonged surgery, and foreign body in patient.

Hazard: Affected products may potentially have a breached sterile pouch seal. A breached sterile pouch seal may lead to minor procedure delays (if noticed prior to use) or patient infections (if not noticed prior to use in patient).

Hazard: The strippers and cleavers are provided non-sterile and labelled as reusable/autoclavable. Olympus does not have validated cleaning and sterilization instructions. Use of a non-sterile fiber stripper or cleaver on a sterile fiber poses a risk of contamination.

Hazard: The strippers and cleavers are provided non-sterile and labelled as reusable/autoclavable. Olympus does not have validated cleaning and sterilization instructions. Use of a non-sterile fiber stripper or cleaver on a sterile fiber poses a risk of contamination.

Hazard: Reports of a pink or green coloration of the image. If the issue is encountered during a procedure, device exchange could potentially result in prolonged surgery; potential visual impacts mucosal injury or bleeding may occur.

Hazard: Instructions for Use-User Deviations related to the reprocessing of the videoscope detailed in the Reprocessing Manual Instructions. The steps are required for the proper reprocessing of these videoscopes

Hazard: Instructions for Use-User Deviations related to the reprocessing of the videoscope detailed in the Reprocessing Manual Instructions. The steps are required for the proper reprocessing of these videoscopes

Hazard: Incorrect pouch labels, the contents within the mislabeled pouch were Roller Bar electrodes.

Hazard: Fiberscopes do not have adequate data to support that the suction flow rate meets the device specification.

Hazard: Sterilization failures when devices are sterilized per the Reprocessing Manual due to lack of drying time for the endoscope channel.

Hazard: There is a risk of endobronchial combustion if high-frequency cauterization is performed while supplying oxygen [and/or] the electrode section of the electrosurgical accessory is too close to the distal end of the endoscope.