The FDA announced it has reviewed Olympus’s updated, validated manual reprocessing instructions for its TJF-160F and TJF-160VF duodenoscope models, and recommends facilities using the devices ...

The Justice Department is investigating embattled scope maker Olympus Corp. and its role in recent superbug outbreaks at UCLA and other U.S. hospitals. The Japanese company said it received a subpoena ...

The new instrument provides physicians and surgeons with real-time 3D visualization of the colonoscope position and configuration, according to a news release. Ther ScopeGuide technology works by ...

Rigorous cleaning practices don’t ensure that medical scopes are free of contamination, and many of these reusable devices have scratches and dents that could harbor blood, tissue and bacteria, a new ...

Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant Olympus Corp. told U.S. executives not to issue a broad warning to American hospitals about potentially deadly ...