GRASPING FORCEPS FG-6U-1Recalls & reported problems
Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · FG-6U-1 GRASPING FORCEPS ALLIGATOR JAW · Class 2
All models of GRASPING FORCEPS (14)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04953170031410), received between Aug 27, 2024 and Aug 27, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Hematoma1
- Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding1
- Perforation1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 27, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (OMSC) RECEIVED A LITERATURE TITLED "PREDICTORS OF PROXIMAL MIGRATION OF STRAIGHT BILIARY PLASTIC STENTS". LITERATURE SUMMARY BACKGROUND/AIMS PROXIMAL BILIARY PLASTIC STENT MIGRATION (PSM) REMAINS A CHALLENGING COMPLICATION. THE STUDY AIMS AT DETERMINING THE PSM RATE, RETRIEVAL OUTCOMES AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PSM. METHODS ENDOSCOPY DATABASE WAS ANALYZED FROM JANUARY 2016 TO JANUARY 2021 TO IDENTIFY 1137 PATIENTS, WHO UNDERWENT STENT REMOVAL OR REPEAT ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP). DEMOGRAPHY, METHODS OF STENT RETRIEVAL, OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED. LOGISTIC REGRESSION WAS PERFORMED TO DETERMINE RISK FACTORS FOR PSM. PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING WAS DONE IN A 1:1 MANNER USING AGE, SEX, COMORBIDITIES AND INDICATION TO ASSESS ENDOSCOPY-RELATED FACTORS. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION DONE ((B)(6)). RESULTS PSM WAS NOTED IN 74 (6.5%) CASES. STENT RETRIEVAL WAS SUCCESSFUL IN 94.59% (70/74) OF CASES. A BALLOON CATHETER (46/74) WAS COMMONLY USED. TECHNICAL FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN IMPACTED STENT (2) AND STENT ABOVE THE STRICTURE (2). COMPLICATIONS WERE SEEN IN 2.7% OF CASES. ON MULTI-VARIATE REGRESSION, SPHINCTEROPLASTY AT INDEX E
Patient problems: Hematoma; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Perforation
MAUDE report 20074233 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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