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Olympus endoscopes are used during colonoscopies, upper endoscopies, and specialized procedures like ERCP. The reuse of the scope is where the risk lives. If a scope is not properly reprocessed, or if damage inside the device lets fluid or bacteria linger, the next patient can be exposed to an infection. We investigate whether an Olympus device or its reprocessing contributed to an infection you developed after a procedure.
Case EvaluationEndoscopes contain narrow channels, seals, and moving parts like elevators that are difficult to clean thoroughly even under ideal conditions, and any gap in that process can carry over from one patient to the next.
Olympus has faced repeated FDA action over specific duodenoscope, gastroscope, and reprocessing equipment models in the past several years, and the same model has sometimes been recalled more than once for different reasons.
Many endoscope-related infections do not show up immediately, so symptoms appearing days after a procedure should not be dismissed.
An infection acquired during a routine procedure can turn into a lengthy course of treatment no one anticipated.
An infection traced to a scope depends heavily on records most patients never see, including which exact device was used, its maintenance history, and how it was cleaned before your procedure. The Law Offices of Sean M. Cleary works to obtain those records from the facility involved and determine whether the device, its reprocessing, or something else is responsible.
You pay us nothing upfront, and we only collect a fee from money recovered on your behalf. If you developed an infection after an endoscopic procedure, contact our office so we can start looking into what device was used on you.
