Z-1614-2016 Class I Terminated
Recall Details
- Product Type
- Devices
- Report Date
- May 25, 2016
- Initiation Date
- March 25, 2016
- Termination Date
- March 10, 2017
- Voluntary/Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Product Quantity
- 121
Product Description
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.
Reason for Recall
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.
Distribution Pattern
Nationwide Distribution in the states of KS, MO, NC, OH, and VA.
Code Information
All unexpired lots of these models are being removed from the market.