More patients across the country may have been infected by medical scopes manufactured by Olympus Corp. than previously thought, health officials warned Monday. Olympus’ scopes are at the center of a ...

Industry giant Olympus was ordered to pay damages to the hospital where a patient died of an infection linked to a contaminated scope. Jurors also found the hospital negligent, and it was ordered to ...

Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant Olympus Corp. told U.S. executives not to issue a broad warning to American hospitals about potentially deadly ...

Endoscope manufacturer Olympus raised prices on replacements for scopes linked to deadly infections, according to the Los Angeles Times. Last year, after physicians at the University of California in ...

LOS ANGELES -- Soon after doctors at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center traced deadly infections to tainted medical scopes last year, they pressed the device maker to lend them replacements. But ...

A U.S. lawmaker is renewing his push for Congress to toughen requirements on medical-device warnings, calling Olympus Corp.’s 2013 decision against issuing a broad alert to U.S. hospitals about ...

Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant Olympus Corp. told U.S. executives not to issue a broad warning to American hospitals about potentially deadly ...

Embattled device maker Olympus Corp. posted a 14% increase in sales of medical scopes worldwide despite health officials linking its instruments to superbug outbreaks at U.S. hospitals. The Japanese ...

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Oct. 14, 2025 /CNW/ - Olympus Canada Inc. (OCI), a leader in medical technology for gastrointestinal endoscopy, announced today the launch of the EZ1500 series endoscopes featuring ...

These procedures range from screening colonoscopies to upper GI endoscopies. Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of these procedures may lead to better patient outcomes and can help to control ...

Olympus showcases its scopes at a Washington, D.C., medical conference in May 2015. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times) Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device ...

The volume of endoscopic procedures performed at the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) continues to increase. These procedures range from screening colonoscopies to upper GI endoscopies. Improving the ...