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Olympus America Inc.

Olympus America Inc. holds 149 FDA 510(k) clearances across 72 product codes. Median elapsed review time is 84 days. openFDA lists 21 recall records naming the company. FDA publishes it under 4 different spellings, all counted here as one company.

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510(k) clearances
149
Product codes
72
Median review
84 days
Recall records
21

How does FDA spell Olympus America Inc.?

FDA publishes this company under 4 different spellings across its datasets. Every figure on this page counts all of them as one company, which is why the totals here are higher than a search for any single spelling would give you.

Every spelling FDA published for this company, and which dataset each came from.
As FDA published itDatasetMatched by
Olympus America Inc.device/recallnormalised
Olympus America Inc.device/enforcementnormalised
Olympus America, Incdevice/recallnormalised
Olympus America, Inc.device/510knormalised

Merges are measured against a hand-labelled sample and held above 98% precision. Pairs the matcher is unsure of are queued for a person rather than merged, because two genuinely different firms with similar names is the error that would corrupt every count on this page.

Which product codes does Olympus America Inc. file in?

72 product codes, ranked by how much they file in each.

Product codes this company holds clearances in, with their median elapsed review time in each.
CodeDeviceClearancesMedian reviewLatest
EOQBronchoscope (Flexible Or Rigid)1035 days
GCJLaparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery1054 days
HETLaparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories)8107 days
ITXTransducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic8183 days
GEIElectrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories476 days
JITCalibrator, Secondary422 days
JIXCalibrator, Multi-Analyte Mixture447 days
OCZEndoscopic Grasping/Cutting Instrument, Non-Powered477 days
CFNMethod, Nephelometric, Immunoglobulins (G, A, M)361 days
CFQRadioimmunoassay, Immunoglobulins (G, A, M)341 days
EOBNasopharyngoscope (Flexible Or Rigid)375 days
FCGBiopsy Needle3170 days
FDSGastroscope And Accessories, Flexible/Rigid3186 days
FETEndoscopic Video Imaging System/Component, Gastroenterology-Urology391 days
HIHHysteroscope (And Accessories)346 days
JJEAnalyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use330 days
KNSUnit, Electrosurgical, Endoscopic (With Or Without Accessories)350 days
MNDLigator, Esophageal3264 days
CDTLipase Hydrolysis/Glycerol Kinase Enzyme, Triglycerides291 days
CKBAcid Phosphatase, Naphthyl Phosphate222 days
DBFFerritin, Antigen, Antiserum, Control223 days
DCNSystem, Test, C-Reactive Protein236 days
DHRSystem, Test, Rheumatoid Factor228 days
FFLDislodger, Stone, Basket, Ureteral, Metal239 days
FGEStents, Drains And Dilators For The Biliary Ducts288 days

Showing the 25 they file in most, of 72.

Median review is elapsed calendar days between date received and decision date, as published by FDA. It is not FDA review days — the two differ whenever the agency stops the clock for an additional information request.

Source: openFDA device/510k · retrieved

Has Olympus America Inc. had a recall?

openFDA lists 21 recall records naming this company across its whole history. A recall record covers one firm's corrective action and may span many device lots.

  • Z-2807-2015Class IITerminatedFDT

    New and validated reprocessing procedures have been issued for the Olympus TJF-Q180V duodenoscope ("TJF-Q180V"), consisting of revised manual cleaning and high level disinfection procedures.

  • Z-0432-2014Class IITerminatedGEI

    Complaints of damage to various models of Thunderbeat Hand Instruments during surgical procedures, including cracking, breaking, or deformation of the components of the probe tip or jaw.

  • Z-0329-2014Class IITerminatedFEQ

    There is a possibility that the pump head was not shipped in the locked position. If the pump head is in an unlocked position this may, under certain circumstances, cause the pump to stop and go into power stand-by mode.

  • Z-0828-2012TerminatedKNS

    Less than optimal thickness in the plastic housing holding the electrode in the Olympus Working Elements

  • Z-0829-2012TerminatedKNS

    Less than optimal thickness in the plastic housing holding the electrode in the Olympus Working Elements

Showing the 5 most recently initiated of 21.

Recall class comes from openFDA's enforcement endpoint, which does not carry every recall — where it is missing, none is shown rather than guessed. Recall class I is the most serious kind of recall; device class I is the least risky kind of device, and the two are never mixed here.

Source: openFDA device/recall · retrieved

What has Olympus America Inc. cleared recently?

Most recent 510(k) clearances for this company, newest first.
510(k)DeviceCodeDecisionElapsed days
K111788ENDOEYE HD IIHET203
K081615OLYMPUS CEA - CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGENDHX282
K073490OLYMPUS IGG REAGENTCFN61
K073489OLYMPUS IGA REAGENTCFN61
K073487OLYMPUS IGM REAGENTCFN61
K062862OLYMPUS URIC ACID REAGENT, MODEL OSR6X98KNK193
K063804OLYMPUS TRIGLYCERIDE TEST SYSTEMCDT91
K061499OSFERIONMQV240
K062581OLYMPUS TSH REAGENT, CALIBRATOR AND CONTROL AND AU3000I IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEMJLW90
K061575OLYMPUS CALCIUM ARSENAZO REAGENT, OSR60117, OSR61117, OSR65117CJY120

Source: openFDA device/510k · retrieved

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