BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    THERMIGEN

    MDR report key: 19087545 · Received April 11, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    3006404071-2024-00004
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 11, 2024
    Report Date
    March 12, 2024
    Manufacturer
    SPINESMITH HOLDINGS,LLC
    Product Code
    DWG
    UDI-DI
    00817771029068
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    IA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    501

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS IN REGARD TO CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL BURN. SALES REPRESENTATIVE NOTIFIED CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT (B)(6) FROM DR.(B)(6) PLASTIC SURGERY MENTIONED THEY WERE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH BURNING WHEN PERFORMING THERMITIGHT AND THERMIVA. SHE ALSO THEN MENTIONED THAT PROVIDER DOING THOSE PROCEDURES IS NO LONGER WITH THE PRACTICE. SHE REPORTED THAT THE OF THE FOUR PATIENTS, TWO HAVE PERMANENT SCARRING. PER (B)(6) ONE OF THE PATIENTS HAS BEEN BEING TREATED FOR YEARS, FREE OF CHARGE. THE TWO MOST CURRENT ARE FROM A SINGLE THERMITIGHT PROCEDURE TO THE NECK AND THIGH AREA. THESE BURNED OCCURRED ON THEIR ARVATI GENERATOR (SN: (B)(6)). SPECIFIC DATES OF THE OCCURANCES WERE NOT PROVIDED. QS-116.F1.2 AE FORM WAS COMPLETED TO CAPTURE AND RECORD DECISION TO REPORT TO ESUBMITTER. INVESTIGATION NOTES THAT IN FEBRUARY 2023 THE CUSTOMER SENT IN THEIR GENERATOR FOR REPAIR DUE TO A FAULT 150. A FAULT 150 IS A BATTERY ISSUE, AND THE UNIT WILL NOT FUNCTION. ALL THE BURNS HAPPENED PRIOR TO RETURNING THE GENERATOR TO OUR LOCATION FOR REPAIR. AT THE TIME OF THE FAULT 150, AND RETURN OF THE GENERATOR, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE ADVERSE EVENTS OR BURNS. A LOANER CERTIFIED THERMI RF+ (SN #: (B)(6)) WAS SENT ON 03FEB2023. THE CUSTOMER ARVATI GENERATOR (SN #: (B)(6)) WAS UNABLE TO BE EVALUATED DUE TO THE FAULT AND THE CUSTOMER DECIDED TO KEEP THE LOANER CERTIFIED THERMIRF+ GENERATOR (SN #: (B)(6)). CUSTOMER DID NOT SEND IN THERE UNIT FOR EVAUATION AS THEY REPORTED THAT NO ONE IS PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE AND THIS CONVERSATION WAS TO INFORM US OF THE PAST ISSUES. SALE REPRESENTATIVE ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW UP BUT THE OFFICE WAS BUSY. SALES REP WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. AS OF NOW RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE CUSTOMER HAS NOT PURCHASED ANY ITEMS SINCE 09/29/2023 HOWEVER NOTIFIED CELLING OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED SOMETIME PRIOR TO MARCH 2024. INIITIAL EMDR CASE WAS REPORTED 3006404071-2024-00004. AT THIS TIME SALE REPRESENTAIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH THE CUSTOMER. SALES REP CONTINUES TO REACH OUT TO GET FINAL DISPOSITION ANDD STAUTS OF CUSTOMER ACCOUNT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    ON (B)(6) 2024, DR. (B)(6) PLASTIC SURGERY (CUSTOMER ID: (B)(6)) REPORTED TO AN AREA SALE MANAGER THEY WERE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH BURNING WHEN PERFORMING THERMITIGHT PROCEDURE. THE PROVIDER WHO PERFORMED THE PROCEDURES IS NO LONGER AT THEIR PRACTICE. THERE WERE FOUR PATIENTS THAT WERE BURNED. OF THE FOUR PATIENTS, TWO HAVE PERMANENT SCARRING. PER THE CUSTOMER, ONE THEY HAVE BEEN TREATING FOR YEARS FREE OF CHARGE. THE TWO MOST SEVER CASES ARE FROM A SINGLE THERMITIGHT PROCEDURE TO THE NECK AND THIGH AREA. THESE BURNED OCCURRED ON THEIR ARVATI GENERATOR (SN: (B)(6). IN (B)(6) 2023 THE CUSTOMER SENT IN THEIR GENERATOR FOR REPAIR DUE TO A FAULT 150. A FAULT 150 IS A BATTERY ISSUE, AND THE UNIT WILL NOT FUNCTION. ALL THE BURNS HAPPENED PRIOR TO RETURNING THE GENERATOR TO OUR LOCATION FOR REPAIR. AT THE TIME OF THE FAULT 150, AND RETURN OF THE GENERATOR, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE ADVERSE EVENTS OR BURNS. A LOANER CERTIFIED THERMI RF+ (SN #: (B)(6) WAS SENT ON 03FEB2023. THE CUSTOMER ARVATI GENERATOR (SN #: (B)(6) WAS UNABLE TO BE EVALUATED DUE TO THE FAUL AND THE CUSTOMER DECIDED TO KEEP THE LOANER CERTIFIED THERMIRF+ GENERATOR (SN #: (B)(6). AT THIS TIME, THIS IS ALL THE INFORMATION WE COULD GATHER FROM THE CUSTOMER. THE CUSTOMER MENTIONED SINCE THE PROVIDER THAT PERFORMED THE THERMITIGHT PROCEDURE IS NO LONGER WITH THEIR PRACTICE, MANY OF THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE BURNS AND CAUSES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    SEE INIIAL (B)(4), THIS SUBMISSION IS TO PROVIDE FOLLOW UP.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    683325 THERMIGEN ARVATI GENERATOR DWG SPINESMITH HOLDINGS,LLC G1 00817771029068

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NA Unknown Disability INJECTABLE RF G2 ELECTRODE UNK LOT#