FDA Enforcement Class I Terminated

NeuroBlate System SideFire Select 2.2 mm Directional Laser Probe, Sterile EO. Model #s SFS000-01,SFS002-01, SFS122-01, SFS222-01, SFS322-01, SFS422-01, and SFS522-01. NeuroBlate System SideFire Select Directional Laser Probes are part of the NeuroBlate System. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is indicated for use to ablate, necrotize, or coagulate soft tissue through interstitial irradiation or thermal therapy in medicine and surgery in the discipline of neurosurgery with 1064 nm lasers. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is intended for planning and monitoring thermal therapies under MRI visualization. It also provides real-time thermographic analysis of selected MRI images. The laser delivery probes direct the laser energy to the proper treatment location.

Recall: Z-1614-2016 · Reported May 25, 2016

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1614-2016
Event ID
73849
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Monteris Medical Corp
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Visit
Report Date
May 25, 2016
Initiation Date
March 25, 2016
Classification Date
May 16, 2016
Termination Date
March 10, 2017
Address
16305 36th Ave N Suite 200, N/A, Plymouth, MN, 55446-2884, United States

Description

NeuroBlate System SideFire Select 2.2 mm Directional Laser Probe, Sterile EO. Model #s SFS000-01,SFS002-01, SFS122-01, SFS222-01, SFS322-01, SFS422-01, and SFS522-01. NeuroBlate System SideFire Select Directional Laser Probes are part of the NeuroBlate System. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is indicated for use to ablate, necrotize, or coagulate soft tissue through interstitial irradiation or thermal therapy in medicine and surgery in the discipline of neurosurgery with 1064 nm lasers. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is intended for planning and monitoring thermal therapies under MRI visualization. It also provides real-time thermographic analysis of selected MRI images. The laser delivery probes direct the laser energy to the proper treatment location.

Reason

Monteris received a report that the sapphire lens on a 2.2SF probe fractured during a LITT procedure, with resulting introduction of C02 into the patient's brain.

Code Info

All unexpired lots of these models are being removed from the market.

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution in the states of KS, MO, NC, OH, and VA.

Quantity

121