Model Number TFL-PLS |
Device Problems
Temperature Problem (3022); Explosion (4006)
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Patient Problem
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Event Date 11/16/2023 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The device was not returned to olympus for evaluation.The investigation is ongoing and follow up with the user facility is currently being performed.A supplemental report will be submitted upon completion of the investigation or if any additional information is provided by the user facility.
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Event Description
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The customer reported to olympus, the soltive premium superpulsed laser system fiber exploded at the connector.The issue was found during initial activation.The laser ureteroscopy procedure completed.There were no reports of patient harm.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the legal manufacturer's final investigation.Correction to b5, d4, d10, e3, g2 for information inadvertently left out of previous report.Correction to h6 problem code.A review of the device history record found no deviations that could have caused or contributed to the reported issue.The device for this complaint was not returned and a physical inspection could not be performed.Based on the results of the investigation, this failure appears to be the result of the laser fiber breaking.No device malfunction was identified with the laser console and the console appears to have operated as expected.The console provided energy per input from the footswitch.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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Event Description
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The therapeutic laser ureteroscopy was completed using a similar replacement device.There was a delay of less than 5 minutes to replace the subject device.The related patient identifiers are as follows: (b)(6) for the soltive premium superpulsed laser system.(b)(6) for the 150 micron tfl ball tip single use fiber.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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