FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SERIES 20000 LEGACY

MDR report key: 2111167 · Received May 26, 2011

Report

Report Number
2028159-2011-00586
Event Type
Other
Date Received
May 26, 2011
Date of Event
April 18, 2011
Report Date
April 25, 2011
Manufacturer
ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Product Code
HQC
PMA / PMN Number
K911808
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BR
Reporter Occupation
NURSING ASSISTANT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE EXAMINED THE SYSTEM AND RECONNECTED THE CABLES AND RESEATED THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN TESTED AND MET ALL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. NO SAMPLES WERE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED RELATED TO THIS EVENT. FOR THIS REASON, STEPS COULD NOT BE TAKEN TO REPLICATE OR CONFIRM THE REPORTED EVENT. A REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS DID NOT INDICATE ANY ADDITIONAL SIMILAR REPORTS FOR THIS SYSTEM. THE ROOT CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A NURSING ASSISTANT REPORTED THAT AFTER THE EYE INCISION HAD BEEN PERFORMED, A SYSTEM MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE DOCTOR HAD TO RESORT TO AN EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION (ECCE) IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER DID NOT OWN A SECOND SYSTEM. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TWO FOLLOWING CASES WERE CANCELED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM REPORTED. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RETRIEVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT NONE HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SERIES 20000 LEGACY PHACOFRAGMENTATION SYSTEM HQC ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER STTL NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other