FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ICL (IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS)

MDR report key: 3020277 · Received March 25, 2013

Report

Report Number
2023826-2013-00229
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 25, 2013
Date of Event
October 2, 2009
Report Date
March 5, 2013
Manufacturer
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
Product Code
MTA
PMA / PMN Number
P030016
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SP
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): DEVICE EVALUATED BY MANUFACTURER? NO - LENS NOT RETURNED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD: WORK ORDER SEARCH, MEDICAL REVIEW. RESULTS : A LENS WORK ORDER SEARCH WAS PERFORMED AND NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND WITHIN THE WORK ORDER. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE LENS. THE LENS WAS REHYDRATED IN BSS FOR RE-MEASUREMENT. THE LENS LENGTH WAS MEASURED AND THE RESULT OF THE MEASUREMENT WAS COMPARED AGAINST THE ORIGINAL VALUE AND THE LENS WAS FOUND TO BE IN SPECIFICATION. MEDICAL REVIEW - ACCORDING TO USE FMEA (FAILURE MODES AND EFFECT ANALYSIS) IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT INADEQUATE VAULTING IS A CONSEQUENCE OF A WRONG LENS USE FAILURE MODE (IE, IMPROPER WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENT, VARIABILITY OF THE WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENTS BASED UPON DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES UTILIZED, IMPROPER SULCUS TO SULCUS MEASUREMENT (IF UBM USED), AND PATIENT CONDITION; POOR CORRELATION OF WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENT AND LENGTH OF CILIARY SULCUS IN AN INDIVIDUAL CASE; IRREGULAR SULCUS OR CILIARY SULCUS CYST). STAAR RECOMMENDS THE ICL TO BE LEFT IMPLANTED IF NO CATARACTS ARE NOTED OR IN CASES WHERE THERE IS A TRACE ANTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT WITH NO PROGRESSION. STAAR BELIEVES THAT THE ACTION TO REMOVE AND/OR REPLACE THE ICL INCREASES THE RISK FOR ANTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT. CONCLUSIONS: BASED ON THE COMPLAINT HISTORY, WORK ORDER SEARCH, MEDICAL REVIEW AND THE EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT, A SPECIFIC ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REPORTER INDICATED THE SURGEON IMPLANTED A 12.0MM ICM120V4 IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS IN THE PATIENT'S LEFT EYE (OS) ON (B)(6) 2007. THE LENS WAS EXPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO LOW VAULTING. A NUCLEAR SCLEROSIS OPACITY WAS NOTED ON (B)(6) 2012. THE LENS WAS EXCHANGED FOR A LONGER LENS WHICH RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE PATIENT'S BCVA WAS 20/20.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
122708 ICL (IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS) INTRAOCULAR LENS MTA STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY ICM120V4 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 27 YR Required Intervention CARTRIDGE MODEL AND LOT NUMBER UNK| INJECTOR MODEL AND LOT NUMBER UNK