Olympus Gastrointestinal Videoscope
Medical device recall Z-0181-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 30, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 30, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 1407 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
It was discovered during device performance testing that the CCD imaging sensors were programmed with the incorrect color correction data and therefore, specifications are not met.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Olympus Gastrointestinal Videoscope, Model/Catalog Number: GIF-1100
1407 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI: 04953170420191; Serial Numbes: 2304049 2404551 2404550 2404541 2404537 2404577 2404576 2404574 2404571 2404570 2404569 2404568 2404567 2404566 2404565 2404564 2404563 2404562 2404561 2404560 2404559 2404552 2404547 2404626 2404625…
Every code shown here, 1,999 characters
UDI-DI: 04953170420191; Serial Numbes: 2304049 2404551 2404550 2404541 2404537 2404577 2404576 2404574 2404571 2404570 2404569 2404568 2404567 2404566 2404565 2404564 2404563 2404562 2404561 2404560 2404559 2404552 2404547 2404626 2404625 2404624 2404623 2404620 2404619 2404618 2404617 2404616 2404615 2404614 2404613 2404612 2404611 2404610 2404609 2404608 2404607 2404606 2404605 2404604 2404603 2404601 2404599 2404598 2404602 2404600 2404597 2404596 2404595 2404594 2404592 2404591 2404590 2404589 2404588 2404587 2404586 2404584 2404582 2404581 2404580 2404757 2404691 2404686 2404685 2404679 2404678 2404674 2404673 2404672 2404665 2404657 2404655 2404653 2404649 2404647 2404688 2404681 2404727 2404722 2404719 2404710 2404708 2404699 2404643 2404642 2404641 2404640 2404638 2404637 2404636 2404635 2404634 2404633 2404631 2404628 2404621 2404746 2404742 2404741 2404732 2404729 2404723 2404713 2404712 2404709 2404705 2404704 2404703 2404702 2404701 2404700 2404698 2404683 2404680 2404675 2404728 2404726 2404725 2404724 2404721 2404720 2404718 2404716 2404715 2404714 2404711 2404707 2404697 2404694 2404693 2404692 2404690 2404689 2404684 2404677 2404660 2404656 2404644 2404717 2404706 2404817 2404816 2404812 2404805 2404804 2404803 2404801 2404800 2404798 2404796 2404795 2404794 2404790 2404788 2404797 2404793 2404787 2404785 2404781 2404780 2404775 2404774 2404773 2404772 2404771 2404769 2404767 2404765 2404761 2404792 2404791 2404789 2404786 2404784 2404783 2404782 2404779 2404778 2404777 2404776 2404770 2404766 2404764 2404763 2404573 2404914 2404909 2404907 2404903 2404902 2404901 2404900 2404899 2404897 2404895 2404890 2404842 2404829 2404834 2404850 2404828 2404824 2404823 2404822 2404821 2404820 2404819 2404818 2404813 2404811 2404810 2404808 2404806 2404799 2404843 2404841 2404840 2404839 2404838 2404837 2404836 2404835 2404833 2404832 2404831 2404830 2404827 2404826 2404825 2404892 2404889 2404888 2404885 2404883 2404874 2404868 2404898 2404870 2404896 2404893…
FDA’s list runs to 11,294 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US Nationwide distribution.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Aug 21, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Oct 23, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 30, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas, of Center Valley, PA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 11,294 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly. Public domain (CC0 1.0, openFDA). FDA asks that nothing suggest it endorses this site.
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