FDA Clears Pentax’s Easier-To-Disinfect Duodenoscope

The US FDA cleared Pentax Medical’s new duodenoscope as the first in the US with a disposable elevator part that reduces the number of parts needed to be disinfected compared to earlier designs.

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The US Food and Drug Administration on 15 November cleared the Pentax Medical Video ED34-i10T2, the first duodenoscope for the US market with a sterile, disposable elevator component designed to reduce the number of parts that need to be disinfected between uses.

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