FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TECNIS CL

MDR report key: 2060416 · Received April 16, 2011

Report

Report Number
2648035-2011-00069
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 16, 2011
Date of Event
March 15, 2011
Report Date
March 17, 2011
Manufacturer
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P980040/R003
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE RETURNED INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) WAS ANALYZED BY FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE REPORTED "SMUDGE" ON THE SURFACE OF THE LENS. THE SMUDGE WAS EASILY LIFTED OFF AND APPEARED AS A TRANSLUCENT THIN FILM. EDX OF THE RESIDUE SHOWS PRIMARILY SODIUM (NA) AND CHLORINE (CL). THE SPECTRUM OF THIS SMUDGE IS IDENTICAL TO THE REFERENCE SPECTRUM FOR SODIUM HYALURONATE A DEVICE ROUTINELY USED DURING CATARACT SURGERY WITH IOL IMPLANTATION. OUR INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED NO PRODUCT DEFICIENCY, SUGGESTING THAT THIS EVENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE IOL. ALL KNOWN INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INTRAOCULAR LENS WAS RECEIVED AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER EVALUATION AT AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY. LENS MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS PRIOR TO RELEASE. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE REACHED AT THIS TIME AS THE DEVICE IS STILL UNDERGOING ANALYSIS ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED AS NECESSARY WHEN ADDITIONAL REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE SURGERY CENTER THAT SMEAR HAD DEVELOPED ON THE INTRAOCULAR LENS THAT COULD NOT BE CLEANED OFF, LENS WAS EXPLANTED 3 WEEKS AFTER IMPLANTATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TECNIS CL MONOFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS Z9002

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Required Intervention