FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF

MDR report key: 1082589 · Received July 25, 2008

Report

Report Number
1119421-2008-00551
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 25, 2008
Date of Event
June 30, 2008
Report Date
June 25, 2008
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD/HUNTINGTON
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P930014
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, AND WAS VERIFIED TO HAVE SIGNS OF HANDLING. ONE HAPTIC WAS BENT-GUSSET AND DISTAL AREA ADHERED TO THE ANTERIOR OPTIC SURFACE. THE CARTRIDGE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVAL. WHILE WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE DAMAGE, OUR OBSERVATIONS REASONABLY SUGGEST THE DAMAGE IS NOT MANUFACTURING RELATED. PRODUCT HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND ALL DOCUMENTS INCLUDES THE PRODUCT MET RELEASE CRITERIA. THERE HAS BEEN ONE OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINT REPORTED IN THE LOT NUMBER, WHICH IS FROM THIS SAME PT. ADDITIONAL INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SURGEON REPORTS THAT DURING INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) IMPLANT SURGERY, HE FELT RESISTANCE AS HE ADVANCED THE PLUNGER TOWARDS THE CARTRIDGE. AS HE CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE, THE LENS (LENS A) EJECTED RAPIDLY FROM THE CARTRIDGE INTO THE EYE. THE CAPSULE WAS NOT RUPTURED, BUT THE SURGEON COULD NOT FIND THE LENS IS IN THE PATIENT'S EYE. ONE WEEK LATER, THE SURGEON IMPLANTED ANOTHER LENS (LENS B) INTO THE CAPSULE. UPON EXAMINATION AT A LATER DATE, THE MISSING LENS WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE CILIARY BODY. ONE WEEK FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF LENS B, BOTH LENSES WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT'S EYE. ADDITIONAL INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THERE ARE TWO MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE EVENTS. THIS REPORT IS FOR LENS A.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ALCON RESEARCH, LTD/HUNTINGTON SN60WF 10813339

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NI Required Intervention