Olympus (TYO:7733) announced that it won FDA clearance for its TJF-Q190V duodenoscope with a sterile, disposable distal endcap. The new duodenoscopes are designed to improve the cleaning and reprocessing of the device to reduce contamination. The device is a result of the FDA’s call for more duodenoscopes that are disposable. FDA in August 2019 recommended that […]
BREAKING: FDA clears Pentax Medical duodenoscope meant to reduce superbug fears
The FDA today announced that it has cleared a duodenoscope from Hoya’s (TYO:7741) Pentax subsidiary that has a sterile, disposable elevator — a first in the U.S. The Pentax Medical duodenoscope’s design reduces the number of parts requiring cleaning and disinfection between uses, according to the FDA. Reducing reprocessing challenges, the thinking goes, will help prevent […]
The grim stories behind seven of medtech’s worst failures
Medical devices save or restore thousands of patient lives every year, but the dark side to medtech innovation is increasingly drawing attention. For all the good the industry does, it’s worth remembering that the costs can be high – even fatal – when medical device companies don’t get things right. The examples range from women […]
