Recall Register

Device recall: Pentax Video Colonoscope is intended to be used with a PENTAX video processor (including light source), documentation…

Class II FDA enforcement event 75306. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .

Reason for recall, in the words of FDA

Pentax is initiating the product correction of several model numbers of Pentax's Colonoscope that were shipped between the clearance date of April 2014 and September 2015 because they contain the operation and reprocessing IFU's that were in use prior to the 2014 clearances and therefore did not include the cleared operation IFU, the updated reprocessing IFU or the dedicated reprocessing adaptor…

Class II, in the words of FDA

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

Pentax of America Inc started this device recall on 15 Aug 2016. The firm address in the FDA record is in Montvale, NJ. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 75306 has 1 product record. The first FDA enforcement report date is 30 Nov 2016. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 8 Mar 2018.

It is important to note that most of the time recall classifications are determined after the recalling firm provides all of the information needed to determine the risk posed to public health. The classification and posting in the FDA Enforcement Report should not be seen as an expansion or change to a firm’s voluntary public warning.

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Distribution

In the words of FDA.

US Nationwide and Japan

Recalling firm

Pentax of America Inc, Montvale, NJ.

Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.

FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.

Products

1 product record in the event.

FDA event 75306: product records
Recall numberProductQuantityClassStatusReport date
Z-0636-2017Pentax Video Colonoscope is intended to be used with a PENTAX video processor (including light source), documentation equipment, Monitor, EndoTherapy Device such as a Biopsy Forceps, and other ancillary equipment for endoscopy and endoscopic surgery within the lower digestive tract including the anus, rectum, sigmoid…5,090 (US) and 14,209 (OUS)Class IITerminated30 Nov 2016

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Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.

The event in context

Device events that started in 2016
1,232
Share of these events in Class II
91%
Product records in this event
1Median of the firm: 1
Events of the firm on the register
20

Other events of the firm

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 75306. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/75306/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .

Sources

Source
openFDA device enforcement reports
Licence
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Export date
28 Sep 2026
Newest FDA report date on the register
23 Sep 2026

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Questions

Where was the product distributed?
The FDA record gives this distribution: US Nationwide and Japan
What quantity of product is in FDA event 75306?
The FDA record gives this quantity: 5,090 (US) and 14,209 (OUS)
How did the recall start?
The FDA record says: Voluntary: Firm initiated
How many device recalls of 2016 have the same class?
91% of the 1,232 device events that started in 2016 are in Class II.