BIOMETER LENSTAR LS 900
Report
- Report Number
- 1000176188-2012-00002
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- May 24, 2012
- Date of Event
- April 10, 2012
- Report Date
- May 24, 2012
- Manufacturer
- HAAG-STREIT AG
- Product Code
- HJO
- PMA / PMN Number
- K082891
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- AL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
BIOMETER LENSTAR LS 900 DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM. FURTHER INFO TO D10 AND H3 - PT DATA, MEASUREMENT DATA AND IOL DATA WERE AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION. DEVICE MFR DATE REFERS TO THE EYE SUITE SOFTWARE. THE WRONG MEASUREMENT RESULT WAS CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF ANATOMICAL DETAILS (VERY THICK LENS) AND VERY UNUSUAL SIGNAL FEEDBACK (VERY STRONG SIGNAL FROM THE POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE). THIS LED TO A WRONG MEASUREMENT RESULT ON THE RIGHT EYE. EYESUITE PROVIDED THE USER WITH TWO WARNINGS: THE 1ST WARNING WAS THAT THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT EYE OF THE PT SHOW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE AXIAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT. THE 2ND WARNING WAS THAT THE RESULT FOR THE AXIAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT IN THE RIGHT EYE SHOWS AN EXTREMELY HIGH STANDARD DEVIATION (0.095MM). WHENEVER EYESUITE PROVIDES THE USER WITH WARNINGS THAT IT IS MANDATORY TO PERFORM PLAUSIBILITY CHECKS OF THE MEASUREMENTS BY LOOKING AT THE RAW MEASUREMENT DATA AS DETAILED IN THE LENSTAR LS 900 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. ADDITIONALLY, THE OVERALL EYE-STATUS MUST BE CONSIDERED IN THIS PLAUSIBILITY CHECK. IN THE PARTICULAR CASE IT SEEMS THAT THIS PLAUSIBILITY CHECK WAS NOT PERFORMED. BASED ON THE ANALYSIS HAAG-STREIT (B)(4) CONCLUDED THAT BOTH INSTRUMENT AND CORRESPONDING SOFTWARE FUNCTIONED ACCORDING SPECS AND INTENDED USE. HAAG-STREIT USA INFORMED THE USER ON (B)(4) 2012, ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION, RECOMMENDED THAT HE FOLLOWS THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN THE FUTURE AND OFFERED RE-TRAINING FOR THE USER AND HIS STAFF.
BOTH BIOMETRY AND SURGERY WERE PERFORMED ON THE SAME DAY. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, IT WAS REALIZED THAT THE PT HAD 20/20 NEAR VISION AND 20/250 DISTANCE VISION. THE TARGET OF THE SURGERY WAS GOOD DISTANCE VISION. DISTANCE VISION OF 20/25 WAS ACHIEVED WITH A SPHERICAL CORRECTION OF -3.5 D.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIOMETER LENSTAR LS 900 | LENSTAR | HJO | HAAG-STREIT AG | LS 900 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Required Intervention |