FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

TECNIS

MDR report key: 2211044 · Received August 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
2648035-2011-00168
Date Received
August 13, 2011
Date of Event
June 30, 2011
Report Date
July 15, 2011
Manufacturer
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P99080
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE LENS WAS NOT RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS. PRIOR TO RELEASE THE LENS MET ALL MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS. OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS EVENT IS INCONCLUSIVE. ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO AMO HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. SHOULD NEW INFORMATION THAT CHANGES THE FACTS AND/OR CONCLUSION OF THIS REPORT, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. LENS NOT RECEIVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED LENS WAS CONDUCTED USING A MICROSCOPE UNDER 10X MAGNIFICATION. VISUAL EXAMINATION FOUND THAT THE OPTIC OF THE LENS IS CRACKED AT THE TOP OF THE LOOP (HAPTIC) AND ONE OF THE LOOPS (HAPTICS) IS DETACHED. REVIEW OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND CONTROLS FINDS THAT THE LENS IS VISUALIZED UNDER 10X MAGNIFICATION TO INSPECT FOR (B)(4) STANDARDS FOR PROPER LOOP (HAPTIC) ATTACHMENT. PRIOR TO RELEASE, THIS DEVICE MET OUR SPECIFICATIONS. FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT WHILE REMOVING THIS LENS FROM THE PATIENTS EYE, THE LOOP REPORTEDLY CAME OFF BECAUSE IT WAS BEING PULLED. IT IS THEREFORE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LENS DID NOT PRESENT THIS CONDITION PRIOR TO THE INSERTION PROCESS. ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. SHOULD NEW INFORMATION BE RECEIVED THAT CHANGES THE FACTS AND / OR CONCLUSION OF THIS REPORT ANOTHER SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. PLACEHOLDER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE SURGEON OBSERVED A CRACK ON THE REAR HAPTIC OF THE INTRAOCULAR LENS AFTER IMPLANT. AS THE LENS WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT'S EYE, THE HAPTIC CAME OFF AS IT WAS BEING PULLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE INCISION WAS ENLARGED TO REMOVE THE LENS. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TECNIS MONOFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS ZA9003

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention