FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALCON

MDR report key: 2614767 · Received June 7, 2012

Report

Report Number
MW5025733
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 7, 2012
Date of Event
May 7, 2012
Report Date
May 30, 2012
Manufacturer
ALCON, INC.
Product Code
HQL
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A CATARACT PROCEDURE, A RESTOR 3D MULTIFOCAL IOL WAS INJECTED INTO THE CAPSULAR BAG. AS THE LENS UNFOLDED AN ATTEMPT TO ROTATE IT SO THE HAPTICS WERE VERTICAL WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE IOL WOULD NOT ROTATE AND WAS DISPLACED NASALLY. AFTER INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED, THE HAPTIC WAS NOT STUCK TO THE OPTIC. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LARGE RENT IN THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE NASALLY. VISCOAT WAS INJECTED OVER THE AREA OF THE PC RENT AND ABOVE THE IOL. MICRO FORCEPS AND SCISSORS WERE USED TO CUT THE IOL IN HALF AND IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE EYE. THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER WAS INTACT SO AN AMO Z9003, +22.00 D WAS INSERTED INTO THE EYE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ALCON RESTOR MULTIFOCAL IOL HQL ALCON, INC. SN6AD1 21.5D

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Required Intervention