FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALLEGRETTO WAVE EYE-Q

MDR report key: 3111336 · Received May 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
3003288808-2013-00233
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 9, 2013
Date of Event
April 1, 2013
Report Date
April 17, 2013
Manufacturer
WAVELIGHT GMBH
Product Code
LZS
PMA / PMN Number
P030008
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IS IN PROGRESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED AS NECESSARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR 803.56 WHEN ADDITIONAL REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SURGEON REPORTED TWO PATIENT CASES OF BILATERAL CENTRAL ISLAND NOTED AFTER PRK (PHOTO REFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY). A COMPANY CLINICAL APPLICATIONS REPRESENTATIVE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE SURGEON, AND AFTER DISCUSSION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE "APPEARANCE ON THE TOPOGRAPHIES IS CAUSED BY THE CORNEAL HEALING AND THEREFORE INCREASED SCATTERING." ALSO NOTED WAS THAT IN THESE REPORTS "THE CENTRAL ISLAND IS AN ARTIFACT, MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY EPITHELIAL HYPERPLASIA." THE PATIENT'S VISION WAS NOTED AS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE. IT WAS CONCLUDED, DURING THE DISCUSSION, THAT THIS IS NOT A LASER RELATED ISSUE BUT AN ISSUE RELATED TO THE HEALING REACTION OF THE EPITHELIAL CELLS OF THE CORNEA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
204688 ALLEGRETTO WAVE EYE-Q OPHTHALMIC EXCIMER LASER SYSTEM LZS WAVELIGHT GMBH 8065990601 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other