FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

ACRYSOF RESTOR

MDR report key: 1943542 · Received December 3, 2010

Report

Report Number
1119421-2010-01336
Event Type
Other
Date Received
December 3, 2010
Date of Event
September 30, 2010
Report Date
November 3, 2010
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD./HUNTINGTON
Product Code
MFK
PMA / PMN Number
P040020
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VE
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; 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. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SURGEON REPORTED A PT WITH A UCVA OF 20/100 AND PT DESCRIBING SEEING A MARK ON THE INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) FOLLOWING IOL IMPLANT SURGERY. THE SURGEON REPORTED BEING UNABLE TO SEE A SCRATCH ON THE IOL AFTER MULTIPLE EXAMINATIONS. THE PT SENT A LETTER DESCRIBING A FIGURE WHICH APPEARED AS A "LESSER THAN SIGN (<)" WHICH WAS DARK BROWN IN COLOR INITIALLY. THE CONSUMER NOTED THE FIGURE ON THE FIRST POSTOPERATIVE DAY WHEN HIS PATCH WAS REMOVED. THE FIGURE BECAME LIGHTER THROUGH THE WEEK UNTIL IT BECAME TRANSLUCENT AND ALLOWED THE LIGHT TO COME THROUGH, BUT NOT IMAGES. AFTER ANOTHER WEEK, THE CONSUMER REPORTED IT ALLOWED IMAGES, BUT THE IMAGES WERE BLURRY. THE CONSUMER REPORTED HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO SEE LETTERS WHEN HE LOOKED TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THE IOL, WHERE THE FIGURE WAS NOT PRESENT. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THE FIGURE IS ALWAYS PRESENT AND HIS VISION IS THE SAME AS WHAT HE EXPERIENCED WITH HIS CATARACT. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF RESTOR INTRAOCULAR LENS MFK ALCON RESEARCH, LTD./HUNTINGTON SN6AD1 10978974

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR Other