This is 1 of 3 reports.A customer reported that the 0029009 assy, cable ultralite 2 bifurc was plugged into the 00mlx lightsource, within a minute, the entire cable was burned out and smoke was visible from the port.The patient was prepped for surgery.There was 10-15 minutes delay in surgery due to product problem.Additional information received on 26feb2019 and 27feb2019 stated that there was no smoke on the cable but the mlx unit smelled of smoke shortly after.The product problem occurred during a lumbar spine procedure.In addition, there was no patient adverse consequence due to delay.Additional information received on 06mar2019 indicated that the incident happened on (b)(6) 2019 during a laminectomy procedure.The patient was prepped for surgery with 2-3 minutes delay.There was no adverse consequences as a result of the delay.
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