MOSES PULSE
Report
- Report Number
- 2124215-2026-27554
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- May 21, 2026
- Date of Event
- February 27, 2026
- Report Date
- May 21, 2026
- Manufacturer
- LUMENIS LTD
- Product Code
- GEX
- PMA / PMN Number
- K170121
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- AL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
- Health Professional
- Yes
Narratives
DETAILED PRODUCT INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED TO BSC. BECAUSE THE PRODUCT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE COMPLETE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UDI) # AND OTHER PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION. IF ADDITIONAL DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. LITERATURE SOURCE: WEI-JEN CHEN, FERES CAMARGO MALUF, HANNAH JARVIS, ZACHARY BURNS, VICENTE ELORRIETA, JOSEPH CRIVELLI, THOMAS CHI, DEAN G. ASSIMOS, KYLE D. WOOD: IS 3 CM THE UPPER LIMIT OF STONE SIZE FOR EFFECTIVE STEERABLE URETEROSCOPIC RENAL STONE EVACUATION, WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY (2026) 44:208, HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1007/S00345-026-06310-7.
IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC VIA AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY ON THE STUDY TO DETERMINE THE IDEAL SIZE AND VOLUME THRESHOLDS USING CONTROLLED VACUUM ASSISTED CLEARANCE SYSTEM (CVAC) FOR STEERABLE URETEROSCOPIC RENAL EVACUATION. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY EVALUATES THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THE STEERABLE URETEROSCOPIC RENAL EVACUATION (SURE) PROCEDURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF RENAL STONES, CONDUCTED BETWEEN AUGUST 2023 AND APRIL 2025. THE RESEARCH AIMED TO DEFINE THE IDEAL STONE SIZE AND VOLUME THRESHOLDS FOR SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION USING VACUUM ASSISTED TECHNOLOGY. THE STUDY COHORT WAS HIGH-RISK, CONSISTING OF 50 PATIENTS TO ANALYZE 55 KIDNEYS WHERE 82 PERCENT WERE CLASSIFIED AS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (ASA) CLASS 3 OR 4, INDICATING THEY SUFFERED FROM SEVERE SYSTEMIC DISEASES. USING PREOPERATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCANS TO QUANTIFY STONE BURDEN, THE STUDY CONFIRMED THAT THE STEERABLE URETEROSCOPIC RENAL EVACUATION (SURE) PROCEDURE IS A HIGHLY VIABLE OPTION FOR COMPLEX PATIENTS. THE INTEGRATION OF NEWER ASPIRATION TECHNOLOGY ALLOWED FOR EFFECTIVE STONE CLEARANCE WHILE MAINTAINING A MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH. THE PROCEDURE DEMONSTRATED A STRONG SAFETY PROFILE WITH AN OVERALL COMPLICATION RATE OF 12 PERCENT. SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE WERE NO HIGH-GRADE COMPLICATIONS, ONLY MINOR ISSUES OF PERIRENAL FLUID COLLECTION AND STANDARD URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIS). ONE GRADE 2 INJURY OCCURRED DURING URETERAL ACCESS SHEATH (UAS) INSERTION, AND IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED WITH A 6-WEEK INDWELLING STENT, WITH FOLLOW-UP SCANS SHOWING NORMAL KIDNEY FUNCTION. WHILE 4 PERCENT OF PATIENTS DEVELOPED SEPSIS, THESE CASES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-RISK FACTORS AND RESULTED IN UNEVENTFUL RECOVERIES FOLLOWING MEDICAL MANAGEMENT. THE RESEARCHERS CONCLUDED THAT THE STEERABLE URETEROSCOPIC RENAL EVACUATION (SURE) PROCEDURE WITH CONTROLLED VACUUM ASSISTED CLEARANCE SYSTEM (CVAC) TECHNOLOGY IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR RENAL STONES, EVEN IN MEDICALLY FRAGILE PATIENTS. WHILE THESE INITIAL RESULTS ARE PROMISING FOR ESTABLISHING SIZE AND VOLUME THRESHOLDS, THE STUDY RECOMMENDS LARGER RANDOMIZED TRIALS TO STANDARDIZE THE PROCEDURE FOR BROADER CLINICAL APPLICATION.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 630360 | MOSES PULSE | POWERED LASER SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | GEX | LUMENIS LTD | UNK-P-P120 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |