Video Telescope

Starting date:

February 21, 2017

Posting date:

March 24, 2017

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-62752

• Reason
• Affected products

Reason

Olympus has initiated this recall after discovering that the ENDOEYE distal end can become abnormally hot if the temperature sensor at the device's tip is damaged. Although no customer complaints have been received referring to this issue and thus manufacturer is not aware of any patient or user injury, excessive heating of the ENDOEYE distal end could result in patient or user injury. To prevent a potential risk to patient or user health, Olympus is undertaking this action to repair the devices by disabling a specific feature on the video telescopes ("fog-free function") to prevent excessive heating of the ENDOEYE distal end under certain conditions.

Affected products