Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) was informed from the user facility that during a preparation for an unspecified procedure using the subject device, the endoscopic image was intermittently displayed on the monitor.There was no report of patient injury associated with this event.Olympus (b)(4) checked the subject device and found that the reported phenomenon was duplicated, and also found that the printed circuit board of the subject device had failure.
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.The subject device was not returned to olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) for evaluation, therefore omsc could not investigate the subject device.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 upon the information from olympus europa se & co.Kg (oekg), there was the possibility that this phenomenon was attributed to the failure of the printed circuit board of the subject device, which might be caused by the aging deterioration of the components of the printed circuit board due to the repeatedly long-term use because the subject device had been used more than twelve years since manufacturing.If additional information becomes available, this report will be supplemented.
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