| Model Number |
PCF-H190TI |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Failure to Clean Adequately (4048)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Event or Problem Description
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It was observed during the device inspection, that the colonovideoscope exhibited residual whitish foreign material inside the air/ water jet tube and air/water cylinder.There were no reports patient involvement.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The device evaluation is ongoing.Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This supplemental report is being submitted to provide the results of the legal manufacturer's final investigation.Additional information added to fields h3, h6.A review of the device history record found no deviations that could have caused or contributed to the reported issue.It has been over 5 years since the subject device was manufactured.The legal manufacturer was unable to confirm whether the customer's reprocessing steps were deviated from the instructions for use.Based on the results of the investigation, olympus confirmed foreign material came out of the device, but the type of the material or root cause cannot be identified.In addition, the section of the device with the foreign material remained had no deformation.A definitive root cause cannot be determined.The event can be detected/prevented by following the instructions for use: detection method in gif/cf/pcf-190 series operation manual chapter 3 preparation and inspection.Preventive measure in gif/cf/pcf-190 series reprocessing manual chapter 5 reprocessing the endoscope.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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