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EPK-I7010 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
No Display/Image (1183)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
03/26/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Pentax medical america performed a good faith effort to gather additional information regarding this event and responded to the following questions via email on 02-apr-2025.Q1: was the procedure for treatment or diagnostic purposes? a1: diagnostic.Q2: was the product in question used to complete the procedure? a2: the procedure could be finished, but was not completed.Q3: was the patient recalled for further screening? a3: unknown.This information was not provided.Q4: what is the current status of the patient? a4: the patient is reported to be in good condition.No issues have been reported.Q5: was the product removed from circulation immediately after the failure/event occurred and subsequently called in for service/replacement? a5: yes.The processor is currently with the service technical team.Q6: regarding the statement in a2, "the procedure could be finished, but was not completed." - what does this mean? does this mean that the faulty endoscope prevented completion, but the procedure was later finished using a replacement endoscope? or does it mean that the procedure itself was not completed at all? a6: the procedure was not completed.Investigation is in-process.If additional information becomes available, a supplemental report will be filed with the new information.
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Event or Problem Description
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On (b)(6) 2025, pentax medical became aware of an event involving a model epk-i7010, serial number (b)(6) video processor in argentina within the pai region.The lamp of the processor did not turn on, and an error message (19-06/59-06) was displayed.A pentax medical engineer checked the cable connection and the oe slide motor but found no abnormalities, and the issue was not resolved.When the processor was inspected using the peripheral device circuit board, it operated normally.This event occurred at the time of during use.There was no report of patient harm.This event meets the requirements for fda reportability; however, submission of this report does not constitute an admission that medical personnel, user facility, importer, manufacturer or product caused or contributed to the event.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Correction information.B4: date of this report.G6: follow-up #: 1.H2: if follow-up, what type? h3: device evaluated by manufacture.H6: adverse event problem.Additional information: d4: primary unique device identifier (udi).H4: device manufacture date.H11: evaluation summary.Evaluation summary: event that occured is the lamp does not turn on and system error 19-06/59-06.The equipment was tested with another peripheral board, and the processor worked correctly.Therefore, a potential root cause of this failure is the peripheral board malfunction.A definitive root cause of the reported issue could not be identified.Based on the trend analysis, there is no significant increase or upward trend in repair complaints related to this failure mode/hazard.A device history record (dhr) review was performed by the manufacturer.The review by dhr confirmed that the processor was manufactured under normal conditions on 04-may-2023 under normal conditions, passed all required inspections, and was released accordingly.Also, there were no reworks or concessions and the dates of approval for shipment and actual date shipped were confirmed on 19-may-2023.Pentax medical has not received any further information for this event and therefore, considers this medwatch report closed.
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