FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MOXY

MDR report key: 22543426 · Received July 18, 2025

Report

Report Number
2124215-2025-47777
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 18, 2025
Date of Event
June 3, 2025
Report Date
September 19, 2025
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
GEX
UDI-DI
00878953005515
PMA / PMN Number
K120870
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

UPON RECEIPT AT OUR POST MARKET QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, THIS FIBER WAS THOROUGHLY ANALYZED. VISUAL INSPECTION DID NOT FIND VISIBLE DEFECTS ON THE FIBER BODY. THE HENE (HELIUM-NEON) FUNCTIONAL TEST FOUND NO BREAKS ALONG THE FIBER LENGTH. THE FIBER PASSED THE CONNECTOR SEGMENT VERIFICATION AND THE SALINE FLOW TEST. REVIEW OF THE FIBER CARD DATA INDICATED THAT THE FIBER WAS RECOGNIZED AND USED. A SOFT JOULE LIMIT WAS ISSUED, WHICH IS NOT A FAILURE. IT IS THE POINT AT WHICH FIBER REMOVAL FROM THE CONSOLE WOULD INVALIDATE FURTHER FIBER USAGE. HOWEVER, MICROSCOPE INSPECTION OF THE FIBER TIP IDENTIFIED THAT THE METAL CAP AND GLAS CAP WERE DETACHED/SEPARATED. THEREFORE, THE REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE, THE FIBER TIP RUPTURED AFTER USING 170727 JOULES AND 18 MINUTES OF FIBER USED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING ANOTHER FIBER. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE, THE FIBER TIP RUPTURED AFTER USING 170727 JOULES AND 18 MINUTES OF FIBER USED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING ANOTHER FIBER. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE, THE FIBER TIP RUPTURED AFTER USING 170727 JOULES AND 18 MINUTES OF FIBER USED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING ANOTHER FIBER. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED. IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE FIBER CAP TIP WAS DETACHED UPON RECEIPT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
401196 MOXY POWERED LASER SURGICAL INSTRUMENT GEX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 0010-2400 0035176445 00878953005515

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown