IntelliBlate Microwave Ablation System Console IB-CONRecalls & reported problems
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. · IntelliBlate microwave ablation system console only for tabletop configuration · Class 2
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 2
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00810563022278), received between Nov 26, 2025 and Apr 17, 2026 — classified as 2 deaths, 2 injuries.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem4
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available3
Patient problems
- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- Liver Failure1
- Stomach Ulceration1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
DeathApr 17, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
SEE COMPLETED (B)(4) AND MFR 3008262715-2026-0007.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Liver Failure
MAUDE report 24914861 ↗InjuryFeb 3, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DURING A CT-GUIDED MICROWAVE ABLATION PROCEDURE USING THE INTELLIBLATE MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM, TWO RECURRENT HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC) LESIONS LOCATED IN THE LEFT HEPATIC LOBE WERE TREATED PER STANDARD PROTOCOL WITH A 3.0 CM TARGET ABLATION ZONE AT 60 W FOR 5 MINUTES EACH. POST-PROCEDURE CT IMAGING DEMONSTRATED ABLATION ZONES EXCEEDING THE INTENDED DIMENSIONS, MEASURING 3.92 × 4.56 CM FOR LESION 1 AND 4.59 × 2.94 CM FOR LESION 2. AT THE 24HOUR CLINICAL EVALUATION, THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN ULCERATION OF THE DISTAL CORPUS OF THE STOMACH (ANTERIOR WALL, MAJOR CURVATURE), CLASSIFIED AS FORREST IIC AND ASSESSED AS POTENTIALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THERMAL INJURY OF THE GASTRIC INNER LAYER. INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR THERAPY AT DOUBLE THE STANDARD DOSE WAS INITIATED. THE PATIENT¿S MEDICAL HISTORY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR RECURRENT HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA WITH PRIOR LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION OF LIVER SEGMENT IVB (2017), MULTIPLE PRIOR THERMAL ABLATIONS (2021, 2023, 2025), AND PREABLATION TACE, AS WELL AS UNDERLYING LIVER CIRRHOSIS CHILDPUGH A SECONDARY TO RESOLVED HEPATITIS¿C AND HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS. THE CURRENT ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRED IN THE CONTEXT OF A COMPLEX TREATMENT
Patient problems: Stomach Ulceration
MAUDE report 24250789 ↗InjuryNov 26, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
THE FOLLOWING DETAILS OF THE SURGERY WERE PROVIDED BY THE TREATING PHYSICIAN: ABLATION WAS PERFORMED AT THE SITE. NO IRREGULARITIES OF ABLATION. ABLATION WAS PERFORMED CLOSE TO SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS. ABLATION WAS OF EXPECTED SIZE HOWEVER IT EXTENDED TO THE BOWEL CAUSING BOWEL INJURY AND REQUIRING SURGERY- PRECISION OF INJURED BOWEL. PATIENT RECOVERING WELL.
Patient problems: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
MAUDE report 23660864 ↗DeathNov 26, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
SEE COMPLETED MW-2025-0014 AND MFR 3008262715-2025-00003.
Patient problems: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
MAUDE report 23660794 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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