Olympus Corp. is defending the quality of its duodenoscopes, which have been linked to several infection outbreaks in the U.S. and Europe since 2010. “The evidence does not support claims that the ...
Industry giant Olympus is the subject of both a civil suit and a criminal probe over its role in superbug infections caused by tainted medical scopes manufactured by the company. (Kiyoshi ...
A superbug outbreak at a foreign health facility has been linked to Olympus-made duodenoscopes that were recently redesigned to prevent such infections, according to the Los Angeles Times. In the U.S.
The timeline of events appears to show U.S. regulators stuck between a rock and a hard place as unclean scopes resulted in deadly superbug outbreaks that led to a major recall, not to mention an ...
The Olympus scopes have been linked to at least 35 deaths in U.S. hospitals since 2013. In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to Olympus, Pentax Medical and other ...
Shown here in Tokyo in September, Sony Corp. and Olympus Corp. unveil their jointly developed surgical endoscopic system incorporating ultra high-definition technology. On Tuesday, U.S. investigators ...