FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

QUANTUM HR

MDR report key: 633487 · Received September 6, 2005

Report

Report Number
2914019-2005-00043
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 6, 2005
Date of Event
July 12, 2005
Report Date
September 6, 2005
Manufacturer
LUMENIS (ISREAL)
Product Code
GEX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

QUANTUM OWNER OR USER CONTACTED LUMENIS CLINICAL EDUCATION AND REPORTED A PT WHO RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AFTER THE SIXTH QUANTUM HR HAIR REMOVAL TREATMENT TO THE AXILA, CLAIMING TO HAVE DEVELOPED A RAISED SCAR WHICH ACCORDING TO THE PT IS A KELOID SCAR. PER THE LUMENIS CLINICAL EDUCATOR, THE AESTHETICIAN INCREASED THE INFLUENCE TOO AGGRESIVELY (WENT FROM 34 J TO 37 J ON SHORT PULSE ON THE SIXTH TREATMENT) (USER ERROR). THE QUANTUM HR OPERATOR MANUAL STATES THAT THERE IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF SCARRING, SUCH AS ENLARGED HYPERTROPHIC SCARS, WITH THE QUANTUM HR. THE QUANTUM HR OPERATOR MANUAL ALSO STATES THAT IN VERY RARE CASES, ABNORMAL, LARGE, RAISED KELOID SCARS MAY APPEAR AND THAT TP REDUCE THE CHANCE OF SCARRING, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CAREFULLY FOLLOW ALL POST-TREATMENT INSTRUCTIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 QUANTUM HR QUANTUM GEX LUMENIS (ISREAL) QUANTUM HR *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other