FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF RESTOR

MDR report key: 2073581 · Received April 27, 2011

Report

Report Number
1119421-2011-00489
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 27, 2011
Date of Event
February 1, 2011
Report Date
March 28, 2011
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON
Product Code
MFK
PMA / PMN Number
P040020
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVALUATION: THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. RESULTS FROM THE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORD REVIEW INDICATED THE PRODUCT MET RELEASE CRITERIA. ROOT CAUSE: THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED. PT HAS INDICATED THAT THEIR VISION IS GOOD WITH THEIR INTERMEDIATE VISION GETTING BETTER. PT DOES NOT FEEL THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE LENSES. PT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SENSITIVE TO LIGHT AND HAS ALWAYS HAD TO WEAR SUNGLASSES. ACTION TAKEN: INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED BASED ON CURRENT INFO. CONCLUSION: BASED ON OUR CURRENT TRACKING, THERE ARE NO ADVERSE TRENDS FOR THIS REPORTED COMPLAINT AND BASED ON THESE FINDINGS THE RESIDUAL RISK REMAINS UNCHANGED AND AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED IN THE LOT NUMBER. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CONSUMER, THE SURGEON WAS NOT CONTACTED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CONSUMER REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING BILATERAL INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) IMPLANT SURGERY, SHE SEES REFLECTION FROM ALL BRIGHT SURFACES AND CAN SEE, MOST LIKELY THE LENS ITSELF. SHE REPORTED SHE CAN "PROJECT" A CIRCULAR FORM MUCH LIKE A BULLSEYE MADE UP OF A CIRCLE OF LINES MADE UP OF SMALL DOTS. SHE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY DRIVING AT NIGHT DUE TO GETTING GLARE FROM ANYTHING THAT'S SHINY. IN A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL, THE CONSUMER REPORTED HER SURGEON WAS TREATING HER WITH MEDICATIONS TO USE BEFORE SHE DRIVES AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE WEAR SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT. SHE HAD NOT PICKED THIS PRESCRIPTION UP FROM THE PHARMACY. THE CONSUMER ALSO REPORTED HER SURGEON WAS TREATING HER WITH MEDICATIONS FOR DRY EYES. THE MEDICATIONS FOR DRY EYES DID SEEM TO BE HELPING. THE CONSUMER REPORTED HER VISION WAS GOOD WITH HER INTERMEDIATE VISION GETTING BETTER. SHE DOES NOT FEEL THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE LENSES. THE CONSUMER REPORTED SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SENSITIVE TO LIGHT AND HAD TO WEAR SUNGLASSES. SHE ALSO REPORTED HAVING HYPERTENSION AND ALLERGIES. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CONSUMER, THE SURGEON WAS NOT CONTACTED. THERE ARE TWO MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT IS FOR THE LEFT EYE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF RESTOR INTRAOCULAR LENS MFK ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON SN6AD1 11019256

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Required Intervention CLARITAN| REFRESH ARTIFICIAL TEARS| BENICAR| UNKNOWN DROP