FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFINITI VISION SYSTEM OZIL

MDR report key: 2950059 · Received February 6, 2013

Report

Report Number
2028159-2013-00138
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 6, 2013
Date of Event
January 9, 2013
Report Date
January 10, 2013
Manufacturer
ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Product Code
HQC
PMA / PMN Number
K082845
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE EXAMINED THE SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THAT ASPIRATION WAS NOT PERFORMING OPTIMALLY WHILE USING THE CUSTOMER'S HANDPIECE (HP). THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED THE CUSTOMER TO REVIEW THE PROCEDURE OF PROPER HP FLUSHING AFTER EACH CASE, AND COMPLETED A FLUSHING OF THE HP AND TIP FOR THE CUSTOMER WHILE ON-SITE. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (PM) WAS PERFORMED. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN TESTED AND MET ALL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. A REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM'S EVENT LOG FOR THE DATE OF (B)(4) 2013, DID NOT REVEAL ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THE CUSTOMER REPORTED EVENT OF SYSTEM NOT ASPIRATING. THE SYSTEM'S DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU) STATES THAT FOR HANDPIECE CARE, THE HANDPIECE MUST BE ROUGHLY CLEANED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A SURGERY. A REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS DID INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL SIMILAR REPORT FOR THIS SYSTEM. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE HANDPIECE CLEANING PROCESS PERFORMED BY THE CUSTOMER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT DURING A CATARACT WITH INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT PROCEDURE, THE UNIT WAS NOT ASPIRATING. THE HANDPIECE AND CASSETTE WERE EXCHANGED, BUT THE SURGEON HAD TO CONVERT TO EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY OF SEVEN MINUTES. NO FURTHER IMPACT TO THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
50102 INFINITI VISION SYSTEM OZIL PHACOFRAGMENTATION SYSTEM HQC ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER INFINITI OZIL NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other