FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CATALYS PRECISION LASER SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3122152 · Received May 17, 2013

Report

Report Number
3005675890-2013-00013
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 17, 2013
Date of Event
January 1, 2012
Report Date
May 17, 2013
Manufacturer
OPTIMEDICA CORPORATION
Product Code
OOE
PMA / PMN Number
K121091
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTERIOR TEARS REPORTED BY THE SURGEON IN THE (B)(4) PRESENTATION, INCLUDING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IS IN PROGRESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED AS NECESSARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR 803.56 WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A USERS' GROUP MEETING HELD AT OPTIMEDICA HEADQUARTERS IN (B)(4), ON 04/18/2013, OPTIMEDICA BECAME AWARE OF A SURGEON WHO HAD ENCOUNTERED ANTERIOR CAPSULE TEARS IN MULTIPLE PTS DURING A RECENT STUDY, BUT THE EXTENT AND QUANTITY OF THE TEARS WERE UNK AT THAT TIME. ON 04/22/ 2013, AT THE (B)(4), THE SAME SURGEON PRESENTED (B)(4): IN THAT PRESENTATION, THE SURGEON REPORTED THAT (B)(4) (CONSISTING OF 399 EYES) ENCOUNTERED EIGHT ANTERIOR CAPSULE TEARS AND (B)(4) (CONSISTING OF 688 EYES) INVOLVED THIRTEEN ANTERIOR CAPSULE TEARS. (B)(4) TREATMENTS WERE PERFORMED SOLELY USING THE CATALYS SYSTEM MANUFACTURED BY OPTIMEDICA, WHILE (B)(4) DATA INCLUDED TREATMENT RESULTS DERIVED FROM THE CATALYS SYSTEM AS WELL AS ANOTHER MFR'S COMMERCIAL LASER PLATFORM. IT WAS UNCLEAR IN THE PRESENTATION AS TO WHICH ANTERIOR CAPSULE TEARS DESCRIBED IN (B)(4) WERE SPECIFICALLY ASCRIBED TO THE CATALYS SYSTEM. IT WAS ALSO UNCLEAR IF (B)(4) IS INCLUDED IN (AND THEREFORE A SUBSET OF) (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
219122 CATALYS PRECISION LASER SYSTEM CATALYS OOE OPTIMEDICA CORPORATION CATALYS-I

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1