Upon receipt at our post market quality assurance laboratory, this device was thoroughly analyzed.Visual analysis identified a fiber body break near the connector.Inspection of the fiber tip indicted it was degraded to the fiber jacket.The connector was in good condition.The fiber was functionally tested.Functional test identified that the aiming beam is bright and distorted.Based on analysis results, procedural handling of the device during set-up and use may have contributed to the fiber break.A conclusion code of cause traced to component failure was assigned to this investigation.
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