FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INDEPENDENT CORNEAL VIEWING CHAMBER

MDR report key: 3313026 · Received August 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
1119279-2013-00268
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 22, 2013
Date of Event
January 10, 2013
Report Date
July 23, 2013
Manufacturer
BAUSCH & LOMB
Product Code
LYX
PMA / PMN Number
K921729
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INITIAL REPORTER HAS INDICATED THAT THE EVENT IS MORE LIKELY DUE TO PATIENT-RELATED FACTORS, AS THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF MULTIPLE OCULAR PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTER, THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE FDA BY OCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. AS MFR REPORT # 3005357288-2013-00001. INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT IS IN PROGRESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT DSEK SURGERY DUE TO PSEUDOPHAKIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY (PBK) ON (B)(6) 2012. THE DONOR CORNEA (1928-12) HAD BEEN STORED IN AN IVC-12 VIEWING CHAMBER. APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH ENDOPHTHALMITIS. A DIAGNOSTIC VITRECTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND THE VITREOUS FUNGAL CULTURE WAS POSITIVE FOR CANDIDA GLABRATA. ORAL AND INTRAVITREAL ANTIFUNGALS WERE ADMINISTERED. ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPLANT SURGEON, THE CORNEA REMAINS CLEAR WITH PRECIPITATES AND THE PATIENT IS WITHOUT PAIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
409124 INDEPENDENT CORNEAL VIEWING CHAMBER INDEPENDENT VIEW CHAMBER LYX BAUSCH & LOMB IVC-12 U8230

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 84 YR Other NON-STERILE HUMAN DONOR CORNEA