Flexible endoscopes are delicate devices and are builded up from hundreds of components. Thus, it is no surprise how easy it can be to damage any components of your equipments.

Causes of Endoscope Damage

Due to the number of usage or by time of sterilizing, your endoscope scope eventually worn out or got damage, but some causes are preventable. In fact, more than 60% of flexible endoscopes sent out to our company for repair are damaged not by normal wear-and-tear, but by incorrect caring and handling.

Inappropriate handling and caring lead to:

• broken knobs, control body, connector
• repeated holes in bending rubber
• repeated biopsy/suction channel kinks or holes
• insertion tube buckling, dents, bites peeling
• light guide tube crush, light fiber damage
• fluid invasion damage
• distal end impact damage
• air/water nozzle clogs

On the other hand, damage due to everyday use include:

• occasional holes in bending rubber
• some angulation system adjustments
• insertion tubes that are worn and weak due to age and use
• broken wires, angulation system failures