FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CONSTELLATION VISION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3102231 · Received April 30, 2013

Report

Report Number
2028159-2013-00825
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 30, 2013
Date of Event
January 1, 2013
Report Date
April 2, 2013
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
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE EXAMINED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND THE BOTTOM OF THE FLUIDICS MODULE WAS WET. THE FLUIDICS MODULE WAS REPLACED. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN TESTED AND MET ALL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. A REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS DID NOT INDICATE ANY ADDITIONAL SIMILAR REPORTS FOR THIS SYSTEM. A SAMPLE HAS BEEN RECEIVED, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN EVALUATED. A ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BE DETERMINED CONCLUSIVELY. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT A SYSTEM MESSAGE DISPLAYED DURING A VITRECTOMY PROCEDURE. THE SYSTEM WAS REBOOTED AND THE SAME CASSETTE THAT WAS IN THE SYSTEM WAS ABLE TO BE REPRIMED. FOLLOWING A SIGNIFICANT DELAY OF UNSPECIFIED DURATION, THE CASE WAS ABLE TO BE COMPLETED WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
187830 CONSTELLATION VISION SYSTEM UNIT, PHACOFRAGMENTATION HQC ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER XT NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1