FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ALCON INJECTOR MONARCH III D CARTRIDGE

MDR report key: 1565525 · Received December 22, 2009

Report

Report Number
MW5014108
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 22, 2009
Date of Event
December 17, 2009
Report Date
December 22, 2009
Manufacturer
ALCON LABORATORIES
Product Code
KYB
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING AN IOL PROCEDURE, A FOREIGN BODY WAS LEFT IN THE OPERATIVE -RIGHT EYE- OF PT. FOREIGN BODY APPEARED TO BE A WHITE FIBER STRAND OF LUBRIOUS SOLUTION OF DRIED VISCOELASTIC COMING FROM ALCON PRODUCT 8065-9777-63 INJECTOR MARCH III D CARTRIDGE. REMOVAL OF THE IOL OR CONTINUAL MANIPULATION OF THE EYE POSED A RISK TO THE PT'S VISION, THEREFORE, THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE THE FB. MFR, ALCON LABORATORIES STATED THAT THE DRIED VISCOELASTIC WOULD BREAK DOWN AFTER A FEW DAYS IN THE EYE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ALCON INJECTOR MONARCH III D CARTRIDGE INJECTOR MONARCH III D CARTRIDGE KYB ALCON LABORATORIES UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1