This report for non-fatal serious injury/device malfunction has been stored under the covid-19 pandemic in accordance with the guidance published by fda, postmarketing adverse event reporting for medical products and dietary supplements during a pandemic.Since the subject device was not returned to not only olympus hong kong for evaluation, but also olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) for investigation, it could not be evaluated and investigated.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.However based on the report of the user, omsc surmised there was the possibility this phenomenon was attributed to the user handling such as spilling a liquid like water unintentionally.If additional information becomes available, this report will be supplemented.
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