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Event 97731

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 30, 2025
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Olympus Corporation of the Americas

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

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Brand Name: Single Use Ligating Device Product Name: Olympus HX-400U-30 Model/Catalog Number: HX-400U-30 Used with an Olympus endoscope to deliver a nylon loop snare.

Z-0570-2026
Recall number
Z-0570-2026
Initiated
October 30, 2025
Classification
Class I
Status
Ongoing
Quantity
7803 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Potential that the ligation loop was unable to release or detach as expected during use, causing the loop to become unintentionally fixed around patient anatomy.

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Reason for recall

Potential that the ligation loop was unable to release or detach as expected during use, causing the loop to become unintentionally fixed around patient anatomy.

Code information

Model/Catalog Number: HX-400U-30; UDI: 04953170368615; All Lots which have not expired;

Distribution pattern

US-wide distribution