FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CONSTELLATION VISION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2903285 · Received December 14, 2012

Report

Report Number
2028159-2012-01948
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 14, 2012
Date of Event
November 15, 2012
Report Date
November 15, 2012
Manufacturer
ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Product Code
HQC
PMA / PMN Number
K101285
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPANY REP EXAMINED THE SYSTEM AND PERFORMED A RETROFIT TO THE SYSTEM. THE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN TESTED AND MET ALL PRODUCT SPECS. A REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM'S EVENT LOG FOR THE DATE OF THE REPORTED EVENT CONFIRMS ONE INSTANCE OF THE SYSTEM MESSAGE REPORTED DISPLAYED. THE REPORTED SYSTEM MESSAGE WAS CONFIRMED THROUGH EVENT LOG REVIEW. THERE WAS NO SAMPLE RETURNED FOR EVAL AND NO ADD'L INFO 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 ADD'L SIMILAR REPORTS FOR THIS SYSTEM. THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT A SYSTEM MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND THE SYSTEM SHUTDOWN DURING A VITRECTOMY PROCEDURE. THE SYSTEM EXCHANGED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO HARM TO THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CONSTELLATION VISION SYSTEM UNIT, PHACOGRAGMENTATION HQC ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER LXT NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1