A male patient underwent an aquablation procedure for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph).Procept biorobotics corporation (procept) became aware that during the aquablation procedure, the aquabeam conformal planning unit (cpu) did not power on.As a result, the aquablation procedure was aborted and converted to transurethral resection of the prostate (turp) surgery.There were no adverse health consequences to the patient due to this event.
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The aquabeam cpu was returned for investigation.Visual inspection did not reveal any damages or anomalies.Functional testing of the returned device confirmed the reported event.The root cause is undeterminable.The reported aquabeam cpu is supplied via a third-party manufacturer.This incident is the first occurrence of the issue, and has been addressed as part of procept's quality management system.A review of the device history record (dhr) ab2000-b / serial number (b)(6) and aquabeam cpu / lot number 19c00010 was conducted, which confirmed that there were no non-conformances, failures, discrepancies, or missed steps during the manufacturing process that could be related to the reported event.The review indicated that the system met all design and manufacturing specifications when released for distribution.The aquabeam robotic system user manual, um0104 rev.G states the following: 11.2.21 aquabeam robotic system disassembly.Power off the cpu and console.Caution: use the power off button in the upper right corner of the cpu screen to shut down the cpu.Using other means to power off may lead to file system corruption or damage to the cpu.Submission of this report does not constitue an admission that the manufacturer's product caused or contributed to the event.
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