The subject device has not returned to olympus medical systems corp.(omsc).The facility reported that the clip was used to another patient, who suffered from an infection (hbv+) before being used in the subject patient.After the procedure, the olympus representative visited the facility, and they checked the subject device but found no abnormalities.Omsc reviewed the manufacturing history(dhr) of the subject device and confirmed no irregularity.The exact cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined at this time.If additional information is received, this report will be supplemented.
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Olympus was informed that during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ercp) using the subject device, the facility noticed that an unspecified clip came out from the subject device and fell off into the patient.The facility reported that they could not retrieve the clip from the patient.The clip has remained in the patient's body.The subject device had been brushed manually using a non-olympus cleaning brush (abis, ref:(b)(4) ) and reprocessed using an olympus automated endoscope reprocessor model oer-4(not available in the usa).There was no report of patient infection associated with this report.
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