FDAJanuary 29, 2025device

PENTAX Medical Video Colonoscope- Intended to provide optical visualization of (via a video monitor), and therapeutic access to the lower gastrointestinal tract Model: EC38-i20cL

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

During endoscopic procedures using a combination of the video processor EPK-i8020c and the i20c series video endoscope, the observed image can become reddish or dark (1.8%). Users have observed smoke-like steam and noted that the light guide at the tip is hot during use / after the endoscope is removed from the patient, and may cause thermal injury to the patient's mucous membranes.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Ongoing

Brands named

pentax

UPCs

04961333252169

Recall history

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