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It was reported that a patient underwent a pulse field ablation (pfa) procedure for atrial fibrillation (afib) with a trupulse generator and the foot pedal became stuck and continued ablation.It was also reported that during the procedure, when the physician had released the ngen¿ foot pedal in order to come off pfa ablation, the trupulse¿ generator did not stop or cut off pfa ablation.The caller confirmed that there were no errors or alerts displayed on the trupulse¿ generator.The caller reported that they were able to come off pfa ablation by manually selecting "stop" on the trupulse¿ monitor instead.The caller reported that the physician did not feel comfortable continuing ablation with the same ngen¿ foot pedal.The ngen¿ foot pedal was replaced with one from another system, and the procedure was continued with no other issues.The caller confirmed that a trupulse¿ generator was in use for ablation at the time of the issue.Additional information received indicated that when pressed, the foot pedal did ablate but the foot pedal got stuck and continued ablating.Ablation was stopped by pressing the button on the monitor.There were no error codes or alarms.
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The hardware investigation has begun but it has not been completed at this time.When the investigational analysis has been completed, a supplemental 3500a report will be submitted.This report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which has not been investigated or verified prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by biosense webster inc., or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the product, biosense webster inc., or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial report, a follow-up report will be filed as appropriate.Manufacturer's ref.#(b)(4).
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