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Device product

NeuroBlate System SideFire Select 2.2 mm Directional Laser Probe, Sterile EO. Model #s SFS000-01,SFS002-01, SFS122-01, SFS222-01, SFS322-01, SFS422-01, and SFS522-01. NeuroBlate System SideFire Select Directional Laser Probes are part of the NeuroBlate System. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is indicated for use to ablate, necrotize, or coagulate soft tissue through interstitial irradiation or thermal therapy in medicine and surgery in the discipline of neurosurgery with 1064 nm lasers. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is intended for planning and monitoring thermal therapies under MRI visualization. It also provides real-time thermographic analysis of selected MRI images. The laser delivery probes direct the laser energy to the proper treatment location.

Z-1614-2016

March 25, 2016

Class I

Product summary

Firm
Monteris Medical Corp
Event
Event 73849
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
121
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1614-2016

Official wording

Reason: Monteris received a report that the sapphire lens on a 2.2SF probe fractured during a LITT procedure, with resulting introduction of C02 into the patient's brain.

Code information: All unexpired lots of these models are being removed from the market.

Distribution pattern: Nationwide Distribution in the states of KS, MO, NC, OH, and VA.

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Monteris received a report that the sapphire lens on a 2.2SF probe fractured during a LITT procedure, with resulting introduction of C02 into the patient's brain.