FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFINITI VISION SYSTEM OZIL

MDR report key: 1963351 · Received January 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
2028159-2011-00008
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 14, 2011
Report Date
December 15, 2010
Manufacturer
ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Product Code
HQC
PMA / PMN Number
K082845
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ME, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVAL: THE FACILITY DID NOT REQUEST SVC. THERE WAS NO SAMPLE RETURNED FOR EVAL. ROOT CAUSE: A ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE ROOT CAUSE WILL BE REASSESSED UPON COMPLETING THE INVESTIGATION. CORNEAL BURN IS AN ISSUE THAT IS OCCASIONALLY REPORTED WITH CATARACT SURGERY. ACCORDING TO THE ECRI HEALTH DEVICES, HAZARD UPDATE: SCLERAL AND CORNEAL BURNS DURING PHACOEMULSIFICATION, NOVEMBER 1996, VOL. 25, NO. 11: 426-431, MOST CORNEAL BURNS CAN BE TRACED TO ISSUES RELATED TO SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND NOT TO MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT. A LETTER AND COPY OF THIS INDUSTRY ARTICLE WAS PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED DURING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT PROCEDURE, AN ISSUE WITH ASPIRATION OCCURRED RESULTING IN THE PT EXPERIENCING A CORNEAL BURN. THE TIP OF THE HANDPIECE WAS EXCHANGED TO CONCLUDE THE PROCEDURE. IN A F/U, THE SURGEON INDICATED THERE WAS NO PT INJURY AND THE PROGNOSIS WAS GOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INFINITI VISION SYSTEM OZIL PHACOFRAGMENTATION SYSTEM HQC ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER INFINITI OZIL NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other