FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LUMENIS ONE

MDR report key: 831430 · Received March 15, 2007

Report

Report Number
2914019-2005-00108
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 15, 2007
Report Date
March 15, 2007
Manufacturer
LUMENIS
Product Code
GEX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PER THE LUMENIS CUSTOMER ENGINEER CE, THE DEVICE CALIBRATION WAS ABOUT 25% HIGH. APPARENTLY, THE CUSTOMER HAD CALIBRATED THE DEVICE WHILE THE TREATMENT HEAD WAS NOT FULLY SEATED IN ITS CRADLE. THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN OUTPUT ABOUT 25% HIGH AS DUPLICATED BY THE CE. IN ADDITION, THE CE SUSPECTED A POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION OF THE TREATMENT HEAD. THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE TREATMENT HEAD AND THE CE INSTALLED THE NEW TREATMENT HEAD ON A FOLLOW-UP SERVICE CALL. THE ELEVATED DEVICE OUTPUT APPEARS TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENTS. IN THE ORIGINAL ANALYSIS, THIS INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED BY LUMENIS NOT TO BE MDR REPORTABLE. THIS INCIDENT WAS LATER RECLASSIFIED BY LUMENIS AS MDR REPORTABLE AS A RESULT OF AN INTERNAL AUDIT AND THE FDA LETTER DATED JULY 25, 2006.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THREE PTS HAD BEEN BURNED. TWO PTS WERE BURNED ON THE LEGS WHEN TREATED FOR MATTING AND VEINS AND ONE PT TREATED FOR POIKILODERMA ON CHEST. PRIOR TO THESE INCIDENTS, THE CUSTOMER HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH TREATMENTS FOR MATTED VEINS. ONLY OTC PRODUCTS (NEOSPORIN, CU3 CREAM) WERE RECOMMENDED FOR THE BURNS. ADD'L DETAILS SUCH AS TREATMENT PARAMETERS AND INCIDENT DATES WERE REQUESTED BY LUMENIS AND WERE NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LUMENIS ONE AESTHETIC LASER GEX LUMENIS * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other NONE REPORTED