| Model Number |
VERSACUT MORCELLATOR |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Intermittent Loss of Power (4016)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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| Date of Event |
03/07/2019
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Although no patient injury or complications related to the event were reported & no medical intervention was reportedly required to preclude serious injury, the same malfunction might result in a cancelled major procedure should it recur, thus lumenis has determined this event to be mdr reportable.Lumenis has initiated capa # (b)(4) to further investigate intermittent versacut handpiece operation, and to determine if corrective action is required.
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Event or Problem Description
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A foreign user facility reported that during a holep procedure in which a lumenis versacut morcellator was being utilized, "intermittent behavior of a vc handpiece occurred during a procedure.As the facility did not have a second handpiece, the procedure was completed by use of an "electro-prostatectomy".No report of patient injury was received, and the malfunction did not cause or contribute to any change in the patient's status.
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