FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

ETERNITY

MDR report key: 1406839 · Received March 25, 2009

Report

Report Number
2020277-2009-00110
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 25, 2009
Date of Event
December 8, 2008
Report Date
March 10, 2009
Manufacturer
ADVANCED VISION SCIENCE
Product Code
HQL
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT IS CONSIDERED THIS EVENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY MEDICAL DEVICE OR MEDICAL AGENT USED IN THE SURGERY. IT WAS INFERIOR PRECISION OF THE INJECTOR THAT PREVENTED THE INJECTOR FROM FUNCTIONING SMOOTHLY, THEREBY MAKING THE LOOP POP OUT UNCONTROLLABLY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHEN TRIED TO EJECT THE IOL WITH THE INJECTOR, THE TUCKED PRECEDING LOOP (HAPTIC) POPPED OUT FROM THE TIP, CAUSING POSTERIOR CAPSULE RUPTURE. AS THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE RUPTURE WAS CONFIRMED, THE PRECEDING LOOP WAS SUTURED TO THE CILIARY SULCUS WHILE PLACING OPTICS TEMPORARILY ON THE BAG, AND MOVED THE TRAILING LOOP OUT OF THE EYE. AFTER CONFIRMING THE COMPLETE CCC WHEN EXAMINED THE STATE OF THE RUPTURE, BOTH LOOPS (HAPTICS) WERE SUTURED TO THE CILIARY SULCUS FIRST, THEN THE OPTIC WAS TUCKED INTO THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE THROUGH CCC TO FIX.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ETERNITY INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ADVANCED VISION SCIENCE X-70 1014823

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Required Intervention