Events

Field Safety Notices about OLYMPUS ENDOEYE HD II

According to Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), this field safety notices involved a device in Slovenia that was produced by OLYMPUS.

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Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event Country
    Slovenia
  • Event Source
    AMPMDRS
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), 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 Slovenia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Olympus started this [vka / removal procedure] when they found that the distal end of the endoeye could become extremely hot if the temperature sensor at the tip of the device was damaged.   even though we have not received any complaint from this [customer] about this issue - meaning no injury to the patient or user - overheating the distal end of the endoeye may cause injury to the patient or user. we strive to prevent potential patient or user health risks, and we therefore take olympus to [recall / remove] the model and serial numbers listed above, as well as modify and return devices.

Device

OLYMPUS ENDOEYE HD II
  • Model / Serial
  • Manufacturer
    OLYMPUS

Manufacturer

OLYMPUS