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During an ablation procedure, it was reported that at the start of the ablation, there was no heating observed on the screen.Inside the mri room, it was noticed that the portable connector module (pcm) connection to the laser fiber was thermally fused.Replaced the pcm with a back up pcm and the ablation procedure continued successfully.There were no patient complications reported in relation to this event.
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The neuroblate system instructions for use contain laser safety warnings as risk mitigations for this event: section 4.3, general warnings: -"laser eye protection provided with the neuroblate system must be worn in the mri scanner room during operation of the laser." section 4.6, laser safety warnings: -"ensure the laser fiber connections are made correctly.Improper connections may lead to equipment damage or operator injury." section 4.7, inspection, cleaning, disinfection, sterilization: "prior to use: carefully inspect all system laser cable/umbilical connections to ensure they have all completed the "two-click" connection, i.E., plug is pushed into mating connector so that one click at partial (half) insertion and a second click at full insertion." no harm was observed in this event.
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