FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

RHYTEC PORTRAIT PSR3

MDR report key: 771467 · Received October 14, 2006

Report

Report Number
3004948955-2006-00003
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 14, 2006
Date of Event
October 15, 2005
Report Date
October 13, 2006
Manufacturer
RHYTEC, INC.
Product Code
GEI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS EVENT IS ATTRIBUTED TO DELAYED HEALING BECAUSE OF THE IDENTIFIED RISK FACTORS IN HER SELECTION AS A PT WITH THE CRITERIA OF THINNING EPIDERMIS AND RETIN-A USE, BOTH IDENTIFIED RISK FACTORS IN THE PRODUCT LABELING. IT IS RHYTEC'S OPINION THAT THE CONDITION OF THIS PT COULD RESOLVE WITHOUT THE SUGGESTED INTERVENTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO RHYTEC, INC. THAT A PT EXPERIENCED ATROPHIC SCARRING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE. THE PHYSICIAN HAS SUGGESTED THAT SHE NOW UNDERGO ER-YAG LSR (SCITON) TREATMENT TO EVEN OUT THE ATROPHIC SCARRING. IT IS UNK AT THIS TIME IF THE PT HAS UNDERGONE THIS SUGGESTED MEDICAL INTERVENTION. THE PHYSICIAN ATTRIBUTES THE EVENT TO ADDITIONAL PULSES OF ENERGY DELIVERED IN A NON-UNIFORM MANNER AFTER THE FIRST PASS OF TREATMENT AS HE WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO THE COMPLETENESS OF COVERAGE. THE PT HAD SKIN THAT WAS THINNER THAN THE PHYSICIAN ANTICIPATED AND HAD BEEN USING ROTIN-A MORE RECENTLY THAN SHE SHOULD HAVE TO MEET PT CRITERIA FOR TREATMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RHYTEC PORTRAIT PSR3 ELECTROSURGICAL CUTTING & COAGULATION DEVICE GEI RHYTEC, INC. 745000 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other| R