This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the legal manufacturer's investigation.The following sections were updated: d8, g3, g6, h2, h6, and h10.The subject device has not been returned to olympus for evaluation.Based on the results of the legal manufacturer's investigation, the phenomenon likely occurred because the distal end was subject to an impact by an external force due to handling.In addition, the subject device may have been affected by the aging deterioration because it has been more than 15 years since manufacturing.Confirmation of the contents of the instruction manual is identified below: "do not strike, hit, or drop the endoscope's distal end, insertion tube, bending section, control section, universal cord, video connector, or light guide connector with excessive force.The endoscope may be damaged and could cause patient injury, burns, bleeding, and/or perforations.It could also cause parts of the endoscope to fall off into the patient".
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