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This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the legal manufacturer's final investigation.A review of the device history record found no deviations that could have caused or contributed to the reported issue.Based on the results of the investigation, the foreign object was not identified.The root cause of the foreign object residue in the device could not be identified.For reprocessing, the gfe results confirmed that cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization were completed before returning the actual product to olympus.Regarding the details of the reprocessing performed at the facility, the gfe results did not confirm any obvious deviations from the procedures described in the instruction manual.For the identification of the foreign object in phenomenon (1), the gfe results confirmed that the facility responded that they had no idea what the foreign object was.For physical damage to the device, the device inspection results confirmed that a pinhole occurred in the forceps channel.However, the association with the foreign material residue cannot be determined because there is information that the facility had completed the reprocessing before returning the actual product to olympus.According to the instruction manual at the time of shipping the product, there are descriptions of the reprocessing below: chapter 6 "compatible reprocessing methods and chemical agents" chapter 7 "cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization procedures" chapter 8 "cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization procedures for reusable parts and reprocessing equipment" chapter 9 "cleaning and disinfection equipment" olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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