This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.The subject device was not returned to olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) for evaluation but returned to olympus thailand (oth).Oth found the following on the subject device; there was a brown part inside the light guide (lg) lens, and there were traces of fluid invasion.There were traces of physical stress applied to the lg lens.Omsc reviewed the manufacture history (dhr) of the subject device and confirmed no irregularity.The exact cause of the reported phenomenon could not be conclusively determined.However, based upon the information from oth, there was the possibility that the reported phenomenon was attributed to the following causes; physical stress caused by hitting the distal end; chemical stress caused by chemical agent used in the reprocessing; storage environment such as water droplets, which remained in the channel of the device, fell on the lg lens during storage in a vertical state.
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