FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VISIAN ICL (IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS)

MDR report key: 1902474 · Received November 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
2023826-2010-01124
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 10, 2010
Report Date
October 12, 2010
Manufacturer
STAAR SURGICAL CO.
Product Code
MTA
PMA / PMN Number
P030016
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4), NO DEVICE FAILURE: EVALUATION CONCLUSION: BASED ON THE COMPLAINT HISTORY, THE MOST LIKELY ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT IS OFF LABEL USAGE OF THE DEVICE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT REPORTED, "I RECEIVED AN ICL 2 YEARS AGO TO CORRECT A -12 MYOPIA. THE LENSES WERE AMAZING FOR SOMEONE THAT WAS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR LASER. MY PROBLEM NOW IS A CATARACT IN MY DOMINANT RIGHT EYE IS GOING TO REQUIRE REPLACING THE ICL AND MY NATURAL LENS WITH AN IOL. DURING THE INITIAL PROCEDURE, MY DOCTOR SAID THAT THE ICL MIGHT CAUSE A CATARACT DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE LENS. HAS YOUR RESEARCH PRODUCED ANY FINDINGS THAT WOULD VERIFY THAT? MY SECOND QUESTION IS, SINCE I ONLY NEED MY RIGHT EYE CORRECTED, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO ONLY GET CORRECTED FOR DISTANCE LIKE THE LEFT EYE OR SHOULD I GET THE MULTI DISTANCE PREMIUM LENS TO ALLOW ME TO READ WITHOUT GLASSES?" OUR MEDICAL LIAISON CONTACTED THE PATIENT TO ADDRESS HIS CONCERNS, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT (B)(6) AND THEREFORE, THIS IS CONSIDERED OFF LABEL USE OF THE DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VISIAN ICL (IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS) INTRAOCULAR LENS MTA STAAR SURGICAL CO. MICL12.6 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR CARTRIDGE: MODEL NANOPOINT, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN| INJECTOR: MODEL NANOPOINT, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN