GRASPING FORCEPS FG-32C-1Recalls & reported problems
Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · FG-32C-1 SHARK TOOTH GRASP FOR 2.8MM RU · Class 2
All models of GRASPING FORCEPS (14)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 04953170032165), received between Jun 3, 2021 and Jun 3, 2021 — 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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Abdominal Pain1
- Fever1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 3, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT IS REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE TITLED "ENDOLUMINAL APPENDECTOMY: THE FIRST DESCRIPTION IN HUMANS FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS", A PATIENT EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN AND LOW GRADE FEVER ON THE FIRST POST-OPERATIVE DAY REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION. IN THIS CASE STUDY, A (B)(6) YEAR-OLD MALE PRESENTED WITH VAGUE LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN AND FEVER. TWO DAYS EARLIER, AN ULTRA SONOGRAPHY SHOWED AN ENLARGED APPENDIX. A COLONOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED TO INVESTIGATE SYNCHRONIC LESIONS AND SHOWED ONLY A PURULENT DISCHARGE FROM THE APPENDICEAL ORIFICE. PATHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT CONFIRMED ACUTE APPENDICITIS. THE AUTHORS DESCRIBED THE FIRST PROCEDURE TO REMOVE THE APPENDIX USING COLONOSCOPY DURING ACUTE APPENDICITIS PRESENTATION USING A HANDMADE DOUBLE CHANNEL COLONOSCOPE PROTOTYPE WITH AN ADAPTED 20 FR NASOGASTRIC TUBE, ALONG WITH OLYMPUS SHARK TOOTH GRASPING FORCEPS, ENDOCLIPS, AND ENDOLOOP AND A BOSTON SCIENTIFIC STANDARD DIATHERMIC SNARE WIRE LOOP. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT AND LOW-GRADE FEVER ON THE FIRST POSTOPERATIVE DAY. HE RECEIVED CEFTRIAXONE 2 G/DAY AND METRONIDAZOLE 1.5 G/DAY FOR 2 DAYS; ORAL DIET WAS STARTED ON THE SAME DAY. ON THE SECOND POSTOPERATIVE DAY, THE PATIENT¿S COND
Patient problems: Abdominal Pain; Fever
MAUDE report 11930305 ↗
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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