FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COLLAMER ULTRAVIOLET-ABSORBING POSTERIOR CHAMBER SINGLE PIECE FOLDABLE INTRAOCUL

MDR report key: 2100701 · Received May 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2023826-2011-00426
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 18, 2011
Date of Event
April 5, 2011
Report Date
April 20, 2011
Manufacturer
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P990013
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4), OTHER, LENS TORE POSTERIOR. METHOD: (OTHER) LENS WORK ORDER SEARCH. RESULTS: (OTHER) VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT SHOWED THE LENS WAS RETURNED IN LIQUID, THERE WERE TEARS IN THE LENS AND A PIECE OF BOTH THE OPTIC AND A HAPTIC WAS TORN OFF AND MISSING. A WORK ORDER SEARCH PERFORMED AND THERE WERE NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOUND. CONCLUSION: (NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN). BASED ON THE COMPLAINT HISTORY, WORK ORDER SEARCH AND PRODUCT EVALUATION, WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE A SPECIFIC ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

RESULTS: A CAPSULE TEAR IS LIKELY SECONDARY TO SURGICAL MANIPULATION BY THE SURGEON RATHER THAN THE LENS ITSELF, HOWEVER, IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE PRODUCT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REPORTER STATED AFTER THE (B)(4) COLLAMER PLATE LENS WAS INSERTED, THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE TORE AND THE LENS STARTED TO GO BEHIND THE EYE. THE LENS WAS CUT OUT OF THE EYE IMMEDIATELY AND A SULCUS LENS WAS IMPLANTED. THE INCISION WAS NOT ENLARGED OR SUTURED AND NO VITRECTOMY PERFORMED. PT IS DOING FINE NOW. THE REPORTER STATED THE ANATOMY OF THE EYE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION PRIOR TO THE SURGERY, THEREFORE, THE SURGEON BELIEVES THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE LENS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 COLLAMER ULTRAVIOLET-ABSORBING POSTERIOR CHAMBER SINGLE PIECE FOLDABLE INTRAOCUL INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY CC4204A NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Female Required Intervention NANOPOINT CARTRIDGE: LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN| NANOPOINT INJECTOR: LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN| NANOPOINT INJECTOR: LOT NUMBER UNK| NANOPOINT CARTRIDGE: LOT NUMBER UNK