The customer reports during a transurethral resection in saline (turis) procedure using an electrical surgical unit with a foot pedal, after about an hour of use, the physician released the foot pedal, but the device did not disengage resulting in a hole in the patient¿s bladder.The operation was abandoned, and the patient was sent to recovery.The surgeon is a regular user of the equipment and does not believe this was caused by to user error.The next scheduled maintenance for the device was due (b)(6) 2022.Th device has worked fine on prior procedures.The customer has requested a field service coordinator to come in and inspect the equipment.Additional details regarding the patient and reported event have been requested.At this time, no additional information has been provided.Case with patient identifier (b)(6) reports the electrosurgical unit used in the procedure.Case with patient identifier (b)(6) reports the foot pedal used in the procedure.
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This report is being updated to provide investigation findings.The device history record could not be confirmed.The serial number provided by the customer does not match olympus records.Olympus does not ship any device that does not meet al design and safety specifications.It was confirmed that ·the bladder hole has been treated and the patient is now fully recovered.·since the original procedure was interrupted, it is to be done again.Implemented on (b)(6) 2022.·detailed patient information is unknown physical evaluation of the suspect device: ·there was no abnormality in the appearance of the device.·the status was good internally.·examination was performed according to the oem technical manual, and all items passed.·as information from clients, it has been confirmed that the device and ues-40 of the rower product can be used without problems at present.Conclusion the definitive case of the user's experience could not be conclusively determined.Investigation findings taken into consideration: the patient's bladder was perforated and medical intervention was required.The cause of is that the foot pedal is released, but the high frequency output is not released.It is probable that it was caused by the phenomenon of.Released the foot pedal, but the high frequency output is not released.Although it was not possible to identify the root cause of the occurrence, no abnormality was confirmed in the device from the investigation results, and as information obtained from the customer, there is currently no problem with the combination of the device and the loner product ues-40.Since it can be used, it is highly possible that the cause of this phenomenon is not the device.
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