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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 77380

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 23, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Pentax of America Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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Every recalled product in this event

2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Ultrasound Video Gastroscope, Model EG-3670URK, The product is intended to be used in combination with the ultrasound scanning unit made by Hitachi Medical Corporation, and the PENTAX Medical video processor to provide images for observation, diagnosis, imaging, or therapy of the upper gastrointestinal tract from esophagus through duodenum.

Z-3067-2017
Recall number
Z-3067-2017
Initiated
May 23, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Pentax of America Inc
Quantity
US: 118 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Error in reprocessing instructions in Revisions 13 and 14 of IFU Z845, used with EG-3670URK and EG-3870UTK ultrasound gastroscopes. In the disinfection step, the IFU has a warning indicating the cleaning detergent solution should remain in contact with the all internal channels and external endoscope surfaces. The disinfecting solution, not the cleaning detergent, should be used for this step.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Error in labeling

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Reason for recall

Error in reprocessing instructions in Revisions 13 and 14 of IFU Z845, used with EG-3670URK and EG-3870UTK ultrasound gastroscopes. In the disinfection step, the IFU has a warning indicating the cleaning detergent solution should remain in contact with the all internal channels and external endoscope surfaces. The disinfecting solution, not the cleaning detergent, should be used for this step.

Code information

Serial Numbers: G110307, H110482, H110484, H110487, H110489, G110334, G110338, G110404, G110296, G110358, G110340, G110341, G110407, G110409, H110432, G110345, H110450, G110391, H110476, H110443, H110446, G110400, H110483, G110394, G110406, H110411, H110497, G110360, G110363, G110364, G110371, G110366, G110368, G110372, H110434, H110447, G110380, H110455, G110298, H110445, H110449, H110461, G110292, G110346, G110365, H110494, H110495, H110474, G110376, G110319, G110328, H110473, H110413, H110414, H110427, H110453, H110454, H110415, G110312, G110321, H110467, H110471, H110412, G110289, G110303, G110294, H110420, G110299, G110300, H110448, H110452, G110386, G110331, H110451, H110493, G110313, G110314, H110464, H110496, H110433, G110373, G110375, G110317, H110431, H110417, G110291, G110302, G110369, G110378, G110335, G110387, G110390, G110392, G110395, G110311, G110327, G110332, G110382, G110355, G110357, G110287, G110320, H110435, H110481, H110485, H110486, G110354, G110316, G110318, G110362, G110393, H110498, H110456, H110457, H110459, G110337, G110356, H110421, H110429, G110290, G110352, H110470, H110478, G110383, G110384, G110361.

Distribution pattern

Nationwide

device · product 2 of 2

Ultrasound Video Gastroscope, Model EG-3870UTK. The product is intended to be used in combination with the ultrasound scanning unit made by Hitachi Medical Corporation, and the PENTAX Medical video processor to provide images for observation, diagnosis, imaging, or therapy of the upper gastrointestinal tract from esophagus through duodenum.

Z-3068-2017
Recall number
Z-3068-2017
Initiated
May 23, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Pentax of America Inc
Quantity
US: 116 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Error in reprocessing instructions in Revisions 13 and 14 of IFU Z845, used with EG-3670URK and EG-3870UTK ultrasound gastroscopes. In the disinfection step, the IFU has a warning indicating the cleaning detergent solution should remain in contact with the all internal channels and external endoscope surfaces. The disinfecting solution, not the cleaning detergent, should be used for this step.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Error in labeling

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Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Error in reprocessing instructions in Revisions 13 and 14 of IFU Z845, used with EG-3670URK and EG-3870UTK ultrasound gastroscopes. In the disinfection step, the IFU has a warning indicating the cleaning detergent solution should remain in contact with the all internal channels and external endoscope surfaces. The disinfecting solution, not the cleaning detergent, should be used for this step.

Code information

H110516, H110619, H110635, H110643, H110624, A110407, A110411, H110507, A110352, A110444, A110417, A110419, H110493, H110494, H110522, H110584, H110586, H110590, H110591, H110559, A110471, A110474, A110355, A110359, H110606, H110566, H110568, H110498, H110503, H110509, H110510, H110637, H110560, H110514, A110427, A110372, A110438, H110587, H110598, H110600, A110439, A110440, A110443, A110450, A110448, A110451, A110453, H110542, H110569, A110445, A110454, H110565, A110356, A110357, H110592, H110593, H110595, A110346, H110508, A110461, H110620, H110623, H110641, H110642, H110613, A110460, A110380, A110463, H110577, A110457, A110401, H110610, H110611, H110502, H110511, H110518, H110519, H110578, H110557, H110561, A110422, A110432, H110512, H110626, H110628, H110629, H110633, H110634, H110539, H110544, A110341, A110418, H110596, H110604, A110387, A110388, H110601, H110615, H110571, H110574, H110599, H110506, A110350, A110398, H110575, A110449, A110360, A110363, A110368, H110554, H110515, H110567, A110410, A110414, A110485, H110553, H110563, H110589, A110376, A110384, H110549, H110564, H110556, H110536, H110646, H110533, H110543, A110458, A110459, A110383, H110538, H110499, A110344, A110345, A110348, A110452, A110391, A110475, A110483, A110486, A110488, A110477, A110479, A110480, A110481, A110482, A110375, A110406, A110470, A110429, A110435, H110618, A110393, A110394, A110447, A110462, A110466, H110555, H110631, H110636, H110639, H110524, H110525, H110526, H110530, H110531, H110532, H110534, H110535, A110476, A110416, A110420, A110379, A110381, A110385, A110484, A110492, H110640, H110579, H110581, H110572, H110573, A110425, A110431, A110441, A110442, H110517, A110426, A110433, A110434, A110353, H110614, H110616, A110464, A110465, H110520, H110523, H110550.

Distribution pattern

Nationwide