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Event 95600

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 18, 2024
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Dossier provenance

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  • 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

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Brand Name: EVIS EXERA III Gastrointestinal Videoscope GIF-1TH190 Product Name: Olympus GIF-1TH190 Model/Catalog Number: GIF-1TH190 Software Version: N/A Product Description: This instrument is intended to be used with an Olympus video system center, light source, documentation equipment, monitor, EndoTherapy accessories (such as biopsy forceps), and other ancillary equipment for endoscopy and endoscopic surgery.

Z-0498-2025
Recall number
Z-0498-2025
Initiated
September 18, 2024
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
1749 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
To better define the drying procedures described in the IFU to improve the instructions for easier understanding of each drying step after human errors and concerns were identified when completing a Human Factors evaluation of the GIF-1TH190.

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Reason for recall

To better define the drying procedures described in the IFU to improve the instructions for easier understanding of each drying step after human errors and concerns were identified when completing a Human Factors evaluation of the GIF-1TH190.

Code information

Model: GIF-1TH190, UDI-DI: 04953170343360, Serial #: Less than 2446103.

Distribution pattern

Domestic: US Nationwide Distribution.