The Food and Drug Administration on Friday confirmed a Class 1 recall of an Olympus reusable endoscope accessory tied to 120 injuries and one death, about six weeks after alerting the public that ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert relating to a problem with a component on endoscopes manufactured by Olympus that may be “high-risk.” Olympus sent affected ...

Olympus issues medical device advisory notice to use alternative devices to the MAJ-891 accessory: Center Valley, Pennsylvania Friday, January 31, 2025, 11:00 Hrs [IST] Olympus Co ...

3. Olympus and NTT partnered in November to jointly develop the world's first cloud-based endoscopy system that processes endoscopic videos on the cloud. The development follows a joint experiment ...

Founded in 1919, last year Olympus handed over its traditional camera-making business to Japan Industrial Partners, an investment firm. It now focuses on medical technology such as endoscopes ...

The update comes about six weeks after an early alert flagged reports of 120 injuries and one death linked to reprocessing of the device.

(PRNewsfoto/Olympus Medical Systems Group) The MAJ-891 is an endoscope accessory attached to the instrument channel port of certain Olympus endoscopes, including cystoscopes (CYF series), ...