During inspection and testing, service found the bending section cover and insertion tube were damaged.The bending section cover was perforated by broken metal wires protruding from the inside of the insertion section.In addition, the scope was not water-tight due to perforation of the bending section cover, angulation was insufficient due to elongation of the angle wire, the image guide bundle was significantly broken due to external factors, specified resolution could not be obtained due to damage to the objective lens, a stain was observed in the image due to damage to the image guide bundle, the angle lever was cracked due to external factors, and there were scratches on multiple parts of the device.The investigation is ongoing; therefore, the root cause of the reported event cannot be determined at this time.However, if additional information becomes available this report will be supplemented accordingly.
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An olympus employee reported a pinhole in the bending section cover of the scope.The subject device was sent to an olympus service center for evaluation.During inspection and testing, service found the insertion tube was damaged and metal wires were protruding.This report is being submitted for the malfunction found during evaluation (protruding metal wires).There was no harm or user injury reported due to the event.Additional details have been requested regarding the reported event.At this time, no additional information has been provided.
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