FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CONSTELLATION VISION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3231989 · Received July 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
2028159-2013-01251
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 15, 2013
Date of Event
June 11, 2013
Report Date
June 17, 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
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS. A SAMPLE HAS BEEN RECEIVED, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN EVALUATED. A ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE BUBBLES CAME INTO THE PT'S EYE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VITRECTOMY PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON FINISHED THE PROCEDURE WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT, AND KEPT ASPIRATING THE BUBBLES OUT. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PT. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS FOR THIS FACILITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
327669 CONSTELLATION VISION SYSTEM UNIT, PHACOFRAGMENTATION HQC ALCON - IRVINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER LXT NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 TOTAL PLUS PAK 25+ 5.0 CPM STD