| 11. | But the hospital said it did not know whether the device, a bronchoscope, was at fault.
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| 12. | The epidemiologists told Olympus, which sent recall letters to hundreds of hospitals that had bought the bronchoscopes.
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| 13. | The company still decided to recall 14, 000 bronchoscopes made in Japan since 1997 and sold worldwide.
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| 14. | A " flexible " bronchoscope is inserted with the patient in a sitting or supine position.
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| 15. | Placement has been found to be easier with the aid of fiber optical equipment such as a bronchoscope.
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| 16. | Hopkins officials said they mailed certified letters Monday to 415 patients who may have been examined with contaminated bronchoscopes.
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| 17. | Laser photosection involves the delivery of laser light inside the airway via a bronchoscope to remove the obstructing tumor.
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| 18. | His surgical innovations included designs for laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes, oesophagoscopes, an operating table, and tracheotomy equipment.
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| 19. | Use of the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope and similar devices has become among the preferred techniques in the management of such cases.
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| 20. | By the mid-1980s, the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope had become an indispensable instrument within the pulmonology and anesthesia communities.
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