FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFINITI VISION SYSTEM OZIL

MDR report key: 2945004 · Received February 4, 2013

Report

Report Number
2028159-2013-00171
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 4, 2013
Date of Event
September 1, 2010
Report Date
January 5, 2013
Manufacturer
ALCON- IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Product Code
HQC
PMA / PMN Number
K082845
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A LITERATURE ARTICLE REPORTED THAT THEIR SYSTEM WAS USED FOR A CATARACT PROCEDURE IN WHICH RETAINED LENS MATERIAL WAS NOTED IN THE POSTERIOR SEGMENT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. THE LENS MATERIAL WAS REMOVED VIA A PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY USING A PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE. A COMPANY CLINICAL ANALYST REVIEWED THIS FILE AS WELL AS THE ATTACHED REPORT AND STATED THE FOLLOWING. " THE AUTHOR DOES NOT SPECIFY THE EQUIPMENT USED IN THE CATARACT EXTRACTIONS LEADING TO THE SECONDARY REMOVAL OF RETAINED LENS MATERIAL PROCEDURE, THEREFORE PRODUCT USED, MANUFACTURER AND MODEL ARE UNKNOWN." ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, SURGICAL EQUIPMENT IS NOT INCLUDED IN FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO RETAINED LENS MATERIAL. THERE WAS NO SAMPLE 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. THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED CONCLUSIVELY; HOWEVER IT IS NOT RELATED TO USE OF THE SYSTEM. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN A LITERATURE REPORT WRITTEN ON A COMPARISON OF DEVICES TO REMOVE RETAINED LENS MATERIAL, 34 PATIENTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING REQUIRED PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY PROCEDURES TO REMOVE LENS MATERIAL FOLLOWING COMPLICATED CATARACT SURGERY OR TRAUMATIC/SPONTANEOUS LENS DISLOCATION. THIS REPORT REPRESENTS ONE IDENTIFIED PATIENT. THE SECONDARY PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED TWO DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL CATARACT PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
46871 INFINITI VISION SYSTEM OZIL PHACOFRAGMENTATION SYSTEM HQC ALCON- IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER INFINITI OZIL UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 86 YR Required Intervention (B)(4)| OZIL TORSIONAL PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE