FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MONARCH III IOL DELIVERY SYSTEM HANDPIECE

MDR report key: 3221806 · Received July 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
2523835-2013-00098
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 9, 2013
Date of Event
June 3, 2013
Report Date
June 3, 2013
Manufacturer
ALCON PRECISION DEVICE - SINKING SPRING
Product Code
KYB
PMA / PMN Number
K063155
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO HANDPIECE INJECTOR WAS RECEIVED FOR A SCRATCHED OPTIC. NO LOT NUMBER WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THIS COMPLAINT; THEREFORE, A LOT HISTORY REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED. BECAUSE THE HANDPIECE INJECTOR SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED AND NO INJECTOR LOT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, THE ROOT CAUSE IS UNKNOWN, NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE CONFIRMED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SURGEON REPORTED FOLLOWING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) IMPLANT PROCEDURE, A SCRATCH WAS NOTICED ON THE LENS. THE LENS WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER LENS, SAME MODEL AND POWER. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SURGEON INDICATING THE EVENT WAS CAUSED BY THE INJECTOR. THE IOL WAS INSERTED AND A SERIES OF SMALL SCRATCHES ON THE LENS CENTRALLY WAS NOTICED. THE SURGEON ELECTED TO REMOVE THE LENS AND INSERT ANOTHER IOL OF THE SAME POWER WITH A NEW CARTRIDGE, MORE SCRATCHED WERE FOUND CENTRALLY ON THIS LENS SURFACE THAN ON THE PREVIOUS LENS. THE WOUND WAS SLIGHTLY ENLARGED TO REMOVE THIS LENS WELL. THE SURGEON REPORTED AN IRIS PROLAPSE, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO REPOSITION THE IRIS. THE EYE WAS LEFT APHAKIC AND THE WOUND WAS SUTURED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
312432 MONARCH III IOL DELIVERY SYSTEM HANDPIECE LENS GUIDE KYB ALCON PRECISION DEVICE - SINKING SPRING NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention