FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACRYSOF TORIC

MDR report key: 1843352 · Received September 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
1119421-2010-01042
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 22, 2010
Date of Event
August 19, 2010
Report Date
August 23, 2010
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P930014
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS AND THE COMPLAINT OF DAMAGED HAPTIC WAS OBSERVED. ONE HAPTIC WAS BROKEN-GUSSET AREA (RETURNED INSIDE LENS CASE). OTHER HAPTIC WAS BROKEN/TORN AT THE DISTAL TIP. OPTIC CENTER WAS TORN/SPLIT/CRACKED ON A POST OF THE LENS CASE. OPTIC EDGE WAS TORN/SPLIT AGAINST A POST OF THE LENS CASE. EDGE OF OPTIC WAS BROKEN/TORN IN THREE AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL SMALL SPLIT/CRACKED AREAS OBSERVED. EDGE IS ALSO NICKED/CHIPPED. ALL PRODUCTS ARE 100% INSPECTED PRIOR TO PRODUCT RELEASE AND THIS DAMAGE EXCEEDS ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AND 'INTERNAL PACKAGING-RELATED' ROOT CAUSE WAS IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS EXPECTED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TECHNICIAN REPORTED THAT WHEN THE PACKAGE WAS OPENED, THE INTRAOCULAR LENS WAS "SMASHED" AND THE HAPTIC LOOSE. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER IOL, THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT, THERE WERE NO MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INTERVENTION PERFORMED, AND THE PATIENT'S CURRENT CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS "NORMAL". NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS EXPECTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON SN60T3 10852476

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1