FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MOSES PULSE

MDR report key: 25248321 · Received May 21, 2026

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

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

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