FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FRAXEL RE:STORE DUAL LASER SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1940585 · Received December 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
2954746-2010-00017
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 22, 2010
Date of Event
April 28, 2010
Report Date
December 22, 2010
Manufacturer
SOLTA MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
ONG
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

WHILE THE DEVICE WAS PERFORMING ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS, TREATMENT SETTINGS WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE LEADING TO THE COMPLICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2010, SOLTA MEDICAL BECAME AWARE OF AN ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRING FOLLOWING A FRAXEL TREATMENT PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2010. PT, WHO WAS ALSO THE DOCTOR ON THE ACCOUNT, RECEIVED FRAXEL TO HER FACE AND NECK. NECK AREA DEVELOPED CELLULITIS AND SUBSEQUENT SCARRING. SHE WAITED TILL AUGUST, WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT SCARRING WAS NOT GOING AWAY, AND HAD A COUPLE OF IPL AND V-BEAM TREATMENTS TO HELP WITH THE TELANGIECTATIC APPEARANCE. CURRENTLY SHE IS COMFORTABLE WITH MANAGING THIS COMPLICATION ON HER OWN. SOLTA EMPLOYEE WHO ORIGINALLY WAS DOCUMENTING CASE LEFT SOLTA WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW-UP OR REASSIGNMENT OF CASE. CASE RE-VIEWED ON (B)(6) 2010 WHEN REPORTABILITY WAS DETERMINED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FRAXEL RE:STORE DUAL LASER SYSTEM ELECTROSURGICAL UNIT AND ACCESSORIES ONG SOLTA MEDICAL, INC. MC-SYS-SR1500-D-US

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other