Reported Jul 6, 2016 · Terminated

Intubation Scope Intended to provide optical visualization of, therapeutic access to, and use to facilitate routine or…

Pentax Medical Company

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Pentax Medical Company · 3 Paragon Dr · Montvale, NJ · 07645-1782

Is this the product you have?

  • Intubation Scope Intended to provide optical visualization of, therapeutic access to, and use to facilitate routine or difficult tracheal intubations of the Upper Airway. This anatomy includes, but is not restricted to, the organs
  • tissues and subsystemsLarynx and Trachea. The instrument is introduced via the mouth or the nose, as decided by the physician, when indications consistent with the need for procedure are observed in adult and pediatric patient populations
Lot codes and dates
    • Model #'s FI-10BS
    • FI-10P2
    • FI-10RBS
    • FI-13BS
    • FI-13P
    • FI-13RBS
    • FI-16BS
    • FI-16RBS
    • FI-9BS and FI-9RBS
Amount recalled
1,220 units

This recall covers 16 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 15 are below.

3 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Pentax has become aware that operational/cleaning accessories and therapeutic devices (e.g., clips, stents, balloons, etc.) can become lodged in an endoscope's instrument channel.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Dec 21, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:00 PM UTC

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