FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STORZ CIRCLING BAND (240 STYLE)

MDR report key: 36896 · Received August 30, 1996

Report

Report Number
1920664-1996-00599
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 30, 1996
Date of Event
April 1, 1996
Report Date
August 2, 1996
Manufacturer
STORZ INSTRUMENT CO.
Product Code
HQX
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BE
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SUMMARIZATION OF CYTOTOXICITY TESTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: LOT IDENTIFIED AS "BLUE" AND "PROBLEM": GRADE/REACTIVITY: NONE, CONCLUSION: NOT CYROTOXIC. SAMPLE LOT IDENTIFIED AS "YELLOW" AND "NO PROBLEM": GRADE/REACTIVITY:L/SLIGHT, CONCLUSION: NOT CYTOTOXIC. SAMPLE PART REPRESENTING CURRENT INVENTORY: GRADE/REACTIVITY: NONE, CONCLUSION: NOT CYTOTOXIC.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SINCE IMPLANTATION OF THESE EXTRA-OCULAR CIRCLING BANDS BEGINNING IN 4/96, FIVE PTS HAVE SUFFERED TREMENDOUS INFLAMMATORY REACTION, RESTRICTED MOBILITY ANE EXOPHTHALMOS. THE CIRCLING BANDS WERE EXPLANTED AND THE PTS REIMPLANTED WITH ANOTHER CIRCLING BAND. ON THE SIXTH DAY THERE WAS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION. THE CIRCLING BAND WAS EXAMINED IN THE BACTERIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. NO INFECTIONS WERE FOUND. THE CIRCLING BANDS BEING USED ARE OF TWO DIFFERENT COLORS: ONE IS BLUE AND THE OTHER HAS A "YELLOW" SHINE. THE BANDS WITH THE BLUE SHINE WERE INVOLVED IN THE REPORTED INCIDENTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STORZ CIRCLING BAND (240 STYLE) Implant EXTRA OCULAR ORBITAL IMPLANT HQX STORZ INSTRUMENT CO. NA 261038345

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NO INFO Hospitalization| R