AS PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION, OLYMPUS MADE MULTIPLE FOLLOW UPS WITH THE USER FACILITY BY TELEPHONE AND IN WRITING IN AN ATTEMPT TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT; HOWEVER, LIMITED INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED. THE USER FACILITY REPORTED THAT THIS EVENT WAS MENTIONED DURING A MARKET RESEARCH AND UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED. SINCE NO MODEL OR SERIAL NUMBER WAS PROVIDED, OLYMPUS WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM A DEVICE SERVICE HISTORY REVIEW. THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED PATIENT INFECTION COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED.
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OLYMPUS WAS INFORMED THAT AN UNSPECIFIED OLYMPUS 160 MODEL ENDOSCOPE WAS FOUND LEAKING ON THE CONTROL BUTTONS (EXACT BUTTONS UNKNOWN) DURING AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE, AND THE PATIENT CONTRACTED A STOMACH INFECTION. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE LEAKING SCOPE CAUSED THE INFECTION OR IF THE REPROCESSING OF THE SCOPE WAS THE CAUSE. A DIFFERENT SCOPE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE.