Events

Recall of Fraxel Dual 1550/1927 Laser Systems

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Solta Medical Australia Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2014-RN-00402-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-04-03
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2014-RN-00402-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Solta medical australia has determined that some customers may have obsolete versions of fraxel dual laser labelling (user manual and treatment settings card).The two obsolete documents incorrectly provided parameter settings for the treatment of melasma using the 1927 nm wavelength laser. only the 1550 nm wavelength has approved indications for use for the treatment of melasma.While both issues were corrected prior to 27 october, 2010, customers may not have received a corrected version of the labelling.-revision a of the 10-05170 re: store dual user manual, released on 27 august,2009 incorrectly stated the 1927 nm laser was indicated for melasma.This was corrected on revision b of 10-05170. -mk 3100 revisions a and b, fraxel re: store dual laser treatment settings card, effective from 2nd december 2009 - 27th october 2010 incorrectly stated the 1927 nm laser was indicated for melasma.This error was corrected on revision c of mk 3100.
  • Action
    Solta Medical Australia is requesting their customers to return affected versions of the User Manual or Treatment Settings Card. Replacement information will be provided to customers.

Device

Fraxel Dual 1550/1927 Laser Systems
  • Model / Serial
    Fraxel Dual 1550/1927 Laser SystemsModel Number: MC-SYS-SR1500-DMultiple serial numbers affectedARTG Number: 141041
  • Manufacturer
    Solta Medical Australia Pty Ltd

Manufacturer

Solta Medical Australia Pty Ltd
  • Source
    DHTGA