Events

Recall of OLYMPUS TRACHEAL INTUBATION FIBERSCOPE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by OLYMPUS AMERICA INC. (DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS GROUP).

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    27781
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    1998-06-15
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Incorrectly assembled instruction manual as the manual contents for the model lf-2 was put into the manual for the model lf-2 and vice versa.

Device

OLYMPUS TRACHEAL INTUBATION FIBERSCOPE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: LF-P (Lot serial: 2715242 2715265 2715235); Model Catalog: LF-P (Lot serial: 2715170); Model Catalog: LF-P (Lot serial: 2715258); Model Catalog: 8080202 (Lot serial: ); Model Catalog: LF-P (Lot serial: 2815423); Model Catalog: LF-P (Lot serial: S/N #: 1700842)
  • Product Description
    OLYMPUS TRACHEAL INTUBATION FIBERSCOPE
  • Manufacturer
    OLYMPUS AMERICA INC. (DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS GROUP)

Manufacturer

OLYMPUS AMERICA INC. (DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS GROUP)
  • Manufacturer Address
    MELVILLE
  • Source
    HC