A search of the complaint database revealed that no other complaints exist for the specified lot.A review of subject device risk files identified the following risk of 'foreign body in the body cavity': (1003791_k : risk #7.1.1) triggered by "side firing fiber's stainless steel cap (tip) is separated from the fiber" has the potential to lead to lacerations (patient injury).In the reported case, the fiber piece was retrieved and a new fiber was used to complete the case with no reported injury or patient complications having been received.The risk has been quantified and found to be negligibly small, and the risk has been characterized and documented as acceptable within full risk assessment.The subject device is expected to be returned to the manufacturer for further investigation; if new information is received with which to determine a cause for reported event, lumenis will file a follow-up mdr.
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A user facility reported that during a procedure in which a lumenis xpeeda fiber was being utilized , the tip of the fiber broke off in the patient.The tip was retrieved and a new fiber was used to complete the case.No report of patient injury was received, and the event did not cause or contribute to any change in the patient's condition.
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