Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) was informed that during an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using the subject device, a fragment came out from the subject device and fell into the patient¿s body.The user facility changed the subject device and retrieved the fragment from the patient¿s body with another device.After that, the procedure was completed.It was reported that the fragment was a part of a non-olympus stent used for another patient in a previous procedure.There was no report of patient injury associated with the event.The user facility reported that this device was reprocessed according to the multi-society guideline.It was also reported that the olympus reusable cleaning brush (bw-20t) had been changed once a week.
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