This supplemental report is being submitted to provide additional information.On august 6th, 2019, olympus medical systems (b)(4) additionally evaluated the subject device and the additional evaluation results were as follows; there was a leak from the object lens.There was a burn mark at the distal end.There was corrosion inside the bending tube.Omsc reviewed the manufacturing history (dhr) of the subject device and confirmed no irregularity.Considering the burn mark at the distal end, it is likely that the image fiber breakage, lens cracking, and leakage from the object lens occurred due to erroneous irradiation of the laser inside the subject device.It is surmised that the reported event occurred due to the image fiber breakage.The instruction manual of the device has already warned as follows; do not irradiate the laser without viewing the tip of the laser probe and the aiming beam in the endoscopic image.This may cause patient injury, and the instrument channel may be damaged.Do not withdraw the laser probe while irradiating the laser.Patient injury and/or endoscope damage may occur.
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