FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIGHTSHEER ET

MDR report key: 2874256 · Received December 14, 2012

Report

Report Number
1720381-2012-00064
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 14, 2012
Date of Event
November 14, 2012
Report Date
December 14, 2012
Manufacturer
RH USA, INC.
Product Code
GEX
PMA / PMN Number
K003614
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LUMENIS INVESTIGATED THE REPORTED EVENT CONTACTING THE USER FACILITY TO OBTAIN PATIENT TREATMENT SETTINGS AND PATIENT PHOTOGRAPHS. LUMENIS RECEIVED TREATMENTS SETTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEVICE OPERATOR'S ANKLE. REASONABLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PATIENT, HOWEVER NONE WAS RECEIVED. THE USER FACILITY DECLINED SERVICE OF THE SUBJECT DEVICE BY LUMENIS TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE. A REVIEW OF THE SERVICE RECORDS FOR THE SUBJECT DEVICE CONCLUDED THAT NO SERVICE HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY LUMENIS ON THE SUBJECT DEVICE SINCE (B)(4) 2010. LUMENIS CANNOT RULE OUT THAT SERVICE BY UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED ADVERSE EVENT. TO THE BEST OF LUMENIS' KNOWLEDGE, THE SUBJECT DEVICE REMAINS IN USE AT THE USER FACILITY. ABSENT SUBJECT DEVICE EXAMINATION, LUMENIS CANNOT DETERMINE A ROOT CAUSE FOR THE EVENTS REPORTED. A LUMENIS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL EVALUATED THE REPORTED EVENT DETAILS CONCLUDING THE REPORTED TREATMENT SETTINGS WERE APPROPRIATE BASED ON COMMON MEDICAL PRACTICE. USER FACILITY DECLINED SERVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY A USER FACILITY THAT ONE PATIENT SUSTAINED A SMALL BLISTER TO THE CHEEK AREA FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH A LUMENIS LIGHTSHEER ET LASER. THE INITIAL REPORTER STATED THAT AFTER OBSERVING THE PATIENT'S REPORTED BURN THE DEVICE OPERATOR THEN TESTED THE SUBJECT DEVICE ON THEIR OWN ANKLE RESULTING IN HYPOPIGMENTED SPOTS. NO INFORMATION REGARDING MEDICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED TO PRECLUDE SERIOUS INJURY WAS RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIGHTSHEER ET SOLID STATE AESTHETIC DELIVERY DEVICE GEX RH USA, INC. LIGHTSHEER ET

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 42 YR Other