Olympus is promising swift action to address concerns raised by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about some of its ...

Olympus announced recently that it is committed to addressing the concerns of the FDA around its device manufacturing in ...

Endoscopy devices restricted from import accounted for about 1% of the company’s consolidated revenue in its latest fiscal ...

The agency said it issued the import alerts because it “continues to have concerns related to outstanding Quality System ...

Flexible bronchoscope (FOB) is commonly used nowaday for airway observation in lung diagnosis because of its easier, safer, and good tolerant technique. However, during intubation, FOB may lead to get ...

The FDA has barred the import of multiple medical devices manufactured by Olympus Medical Systems and its subsidiaries in Japan, citing ongoing violations of federal quality system regulations.

Bronchoscopy has been performed in infants, children, and adolescents by pediatric surgeons and specialists for > 50 years. Until the 1980s, the approach was almost exclusively via the rigid ...

Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy Autofluorescence bronchoscopy is a bronchoscopic procedure in which a blue light rather than a white light is employed for illumination, and premalignant and ...

Navigational bronchoscopy showed similar accuracy to needle biopsy for diagnosing lung nodules, with a markedly lower risk of pneumothorax and related complications.

A few months later, the broader Olympus Medical Systems Corp. received a separate warning letter related to a Tokyo site that produces accessories for duodenoscopes and bronchoscopes—following ...