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On (b)(6) 2024 getinge became aware of an issue with one of surgical lights - powerled 700.It was stated the fork arm was coming apart, there was a mechanical gap between two light forks.According to the information provided by getinge technician no one was harmed.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as fork and lighthead detachment during procedure may cause serious injury.
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The correction of d1 brand name, d4 catalog#, d4 unique identifier (udi)# fields deems required.This is based on the internal evaluation.Previous d1 brand name: powerled 700, corrected d1 brand name: powerled tm, previous d4 catalog#: ard568420710a, corrected d4 catalog#: none, previous d4 unique identifier (udi): n/a, corrected d4 unique identifier (udi)#: (b)(4).Getinge became aware of an issue with one of surgical lights - powerled 700.It was stated the fork arm was coming apart, there was a mechanical gap between two light forks.According to the information provided by getinge technician no one was harmed.There was no injury reported, however, we decided to report the issue in abundance of caution as fork and lighthead detachment during procedure may cause serious injury.Based on the information collected, it was established that when the event occurred, the surgical light did not meet its specification and in this way the device contributed to event.Provided information does not indicate if upon the event occurrence, the device was or was not being used for patient treatment.Root cause analysis was performed by subject matter experts at the manufacturers.As they stated, the root cause of this incident is due to the loosening of one of the screws.The reason of these loosened screws remains unknown because it is glued with loctite 222 during assembly in factory.Once the manipulation of the lights is detected as abnormal by the user, a repair must be done as soon as possible.Getinge shall continue to monitor for any further events of this nature and do not propose any further action at this time.
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