Endoscope, Accessories, Image Post-Processing For Color Enhancement
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for endoscope, accessories, image post-processing for color enhancement (product code PEA), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 604
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Malfunctions
- 594
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2015–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2025-08-15Open, ClassifiedDevice Design
Pentax Medical Video Processor; Model Number: EPK-i8020c;
During endoscopic procedures using a combination of the video processor EPK-i8020c and i20c series video endoscope, the observed image can become reddish or dark. Users have observed smoke like steam and noted that the light guide at the tip is hot during use / after the endoscope is removed from the patient and may cause thermal injury to the patient s mucous membrane.
- 2025-02-26Open, ClassifiedDevice Design
PENTAX Medical Video Colonoscope- Intended to provide optical visualization of (via a video monitor), and therapeutic access to the lower gastrointestinal tract Model: EC38-i20cL
During endoscopic procedures using a combination of the video processor EPK-i8020c and the i20c series video endoscope, the observed image can become reddish or dark (1.8%). Users have observed smoke-like steam and noted that the light guide at the tip is hot during use / after the endoscope is removed from the patient, and may cause thermal injury to the patient's mucous membranes.
- 2025-02-26Open, ClassifiedDevice Design
PENTAX Medical Video Upper GI Scope-Intended to provide optical visualization of (via a video monitor), and therapeutic access to the lower gastrointestinal tract Model: EG29-i20c
During endoscopic procedures using a combination of the video processor EPK-i8020c and the i20c series video endoscope, the observed image can become reddish or dark (1.8%). Users have observed smoke-like steam and noted that the light guide at the tip is hot during use / after the endoscope is removed from the patient, and may cause thermal injury to the patient's mucous membranes.
- 2025-02-26Open, ClassifiedDevice Design
Pentax Medical Video Processor- Intended to be used with PENTAX Medical endoscopes, monitors and other peripheral devices for endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, and video observation. Model: EPK-i8020c
During endoscopic procedures using a combination of the video processor EPK-i8020c and the i20c series video endoscope, the observed image can become reddish or dark (1.8%). Users have observed smoke-like steam and noted that the light guide at the tip is hot during use / after the endoscope is removed from the patient, and may cause thermal injury to the patient's mucous membranes.
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