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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide the results of 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.It has been over 1 year since the subject device was manufactured.The device was returned to olympus for inspection, and the customer's reportable malfunction was confirmed.Based on the results of the investigation, it was confirmed that the knife wire was damaged, and covering/coating of the knife wire was peeled and dislodged into the patient body.The coated portion of the cutting wire was torn, and the broken portion was scorched and melted.The length of the cutting wire and the coated portion was measured.The distal side of the coated portion was missing approximately 7.0-10.0 mm.The causes for the cutting wire breakage are likely to be the following: 1.The cutting wire where the wire coating was torn came into contact with the distal end of the endoscope when the forceps elevator was raised.2.Under circumstances described above 1, an electric conduction was activated.This caused the cutting wire to become hot instantly at the contact point.As a result, the cutting wire broke.The causes for the peeling of the covering of the cutting wire are likely to be the following: 1.It could be possible that the slider was slightly pushed which caused the cutting wire to deflect.The coated portion of the cutting wire has possibly been rubbed due to the effect of contacting a metal area of the endoscope.2.It can be inferred that some kind of force might have applied to the coated portion of the cutting wire when the device was withdrawn from endoscope after the coated portion of the cutting wire has torn.This might have caused the coated portion of the cutting wire to detach from the cutting wire.As a result, the coated portion was partially missing.The instruction for use states the detection and prevention method associated with the event in: drawing no.Gk9051 revision no.10 ¿since the cutting wire is very thin, it may break off in the following cases: the distance between the papilla of vater and the cutting wire is very short, the output is too high or activated while the cutting wire touches metal parts of the endoscope, or the cutting wire is tightened too strong.When the cutting wire breaks off, its proximal end will be retracted toward the endoscope if the slider is pulled.If the slider is pushed, the cutting wire will be pushed out toward the papilla or move sideways.If the cutting wire breaks off, stop the output immediately and pull the slider completely to retract the broken cutting wire into the tube.Then withdraw the sphincterotome from the papilla.Otherwise, patient injury, such as perforations, bleeding, or lacerations within the biliary duct, and/or damage of the endoscope could result.¿ when inserting the instrument into the endoscope, be sure that the cutting wire is parallel to the tube.Otherwise, the metal part of the forceps elevator may contact the cutting wire and peel off the coating material.¿do not activate output while tissue is in contact with the torn or damaged coated portion of the distal end.If output is activated while tissue is contacting the torn or damaged coated portion due to insertion into or withdrawal from an endoscope, leakage current, decreased output, and/or thermal injury could result.¿if you feel the cutting is blunt, withdraw the device from the scope to examine if there is any peel off and tear at the coating portion.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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