During an ercp procedure, a stent was removed from the patient and had gotten stuck in the channel of the scope.When the channel was cleaned using the subject device afterward, the user didn't notice the stent that had gotten stuck in the channel.This scope was used for another procedure after machine cleaning, and the user noticed the stent that had gotten stuck in a channel when a guidewire was inserted.This scope was withdrawn immediately and there was not patient injury reported.
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The exact cause of the phenomenon could not be conclusively determined since the subject device was not returned to olympus medical systems corp (omsc).This report will be supplemented if any important, additional information is obtained, or the subject device is returned and any significant evaluation result is obtained.
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