|
Lumenis investigated the reported event by contacting the foreign facility directly.Three (3) attempts have been made by emails to obtain incident forms and photos of the injury; incident form were not provided by the user facility, apart from a statement that the patient is in good condition.Lumenis service engineer visited the site and concluded that: " user reported et handpiece burning customers.On inspection of the system if was found the chill tip on the et handpiece had a black burnt on mark covering a large portion of the tip.Cleaned the tip.Calibrated the et handpiece, error message displayed "calibration inconsistent" recalibrated et and checked power output using external power meter, all readings within correct parameters.Chill tip temperature good.System coolant checked ok.Fault appears to have been a calibration issue due to burnt gel on the tip.No further problems found".The system meets all factory specifications and is ready for use.Review of dhr lightsheer duet (b)(4) has demonstrated that the system was manufactured, tested and released according to lumenis specifications.(b)(4) was manufactured on 06/23/2013 and installed at the customer site on 9/3/2018.Malfunction is not the suspected cause of the adverse event.No incident forms were sent to lumenis, thus clinical evaluation wasn't performed.According to carly broughton, the owner of avance clinic, the burn arose from the handpiece tip not being wiped thoroughly between shots and a small amount of gel/debris sticking to the tip and concentrating the energy, creating the burn.The patient is fine and no further action is needed.While the information received to date does not confirm that a serious injury occurred nor a malfunction, because of the lack of information regarding the extent of the injury leaving a permanent impairment, the company is reporting the event in an abundance of caution.The most probable root cause of the adverse event is a user error.Should additional information become available, the complaint record will be updated accordingly and a follow-up medwatch report will be submitted.
|