FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF IQ TORIC

MDR report key: 1772217 · Received July 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
1119421-2010-00843
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2010
Date of Event
May 10, 2010
Report Date
June 22, 2010
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD./HUNTINGTON
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P930014
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. RESULTS FROM THE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORD REVIEW INDICATED THE PRODUCT MET RELEASE CRITERIA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED IN THE LOT NUMBER. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED ON 06/24/2010, 06/28/2010, AND 07/02/2010 BY PHONE, FAX, AND MAIL. A COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE WAS RECEIVED ON 07/02/2010. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED ON 06/24/2010. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADVERSE EVENT(S): "WET AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION" (NO CODE AVAILABLE); "VISION DARK" (VISION, IMPAIRED). PRODUCT PROBLEM(S): "DEPOSITS NOTED IN IOL" (DEFECTIVE ITEM [IOL (INTRAOCULAR LENS) IMPLANT]). A SURGEON REPORTED A BUBBLE OR DEFECT WAS NOTED IN AN INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) FOLLOWING IOL IMPLANT SURGERY. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS, THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, STATUS POST SEVERE HEAD INJURY, AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE, DRUSEN WITH RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DETACHMENT, POSTERIOR VITREAL DETACHMENT AND WAS SUSPECTED OF HAVING GLAUCOMA (PRE-EXISTING).THE PATIENT HAD ALSO REPORTED WAVY VISION AND LIGHT SENSITIVITY PRIOR TO THE IOL IMPLANT PROCEDURE (PRE-EXISTING). A VITRECTOMY AND MEMBRANE PEEL WERE PERFORMED AT THE TIME OF THE IOL IMPLANT SURGERY AS PLANNED PROCEDURES. APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE IOL IMPLANT, THE PATIENT REPORTED HIS VISION WAS DARK, ALMOST "BLUE". AT THE TIME OF EXAMINATION, SMALL DEPOSITS WERE NOTED ON THE LENS SURFACE AND A SECONDARY MEMBRANE. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH MEDICATIONS. THE PATIENT RETURNED APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS LATER AND WAS STILL REPORTING DARK, DISTORTED VISION. WET AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION WAS NOTED AND TREATED WITH MEDICATIONS. DEPOSITS WERE STILL NOTED TO BE PRESENT ON THE IOL, BUT WERE NOW OBSERVED WITHIN THE LENS MATERIAL. IN A FOLLOW UP, THE SURGEON REPORTED THE EVENT CONTINUES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF IQ TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ALCON RESEARCH, LTD./HUNTINGTON SN6AT3 10900565

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Required Intervention PREVASTATIN, PLAVIX, ASPIRIN, FENOFIBRATE,| LISINOPRIL, EYE VITAMINS, FLAX/OMEGA