FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LENSAR LASER SYSTEM -FS 3D

MDR report key: 3772915 · Received February 26, 2014

Report

Report Number
3009026057-2014-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
February 26, 2014
Date of Event
January 30, 2014
Report Date
February 24, 2014
Manufacturer
LENSAR INC
Product Code
OOE
PMA / PMN Number
K120214
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

TPRF CHANGE MESSAGES ARE NORMAL INFORMATIONAL MESSAGES DISPLAYED BY THE SOFTWARE TO INFORM THE SURGEON OF CHANGES APPLIED TO A SPECIFIC PATTERN AS DEFINED BY THE RETINAL SAFETY ALGORITHMS IN THE SOFTWARE. THESE ARE EXPECTED DURING NORMAL USE OF THE SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONED IN THIS CASE AS INTENDED BY DESIGN. ANALYSIS OF THE SCHEIMPFLUG IMAGES OF THIS PATIENT'S ANTERIOR SEGMENT AND CATARACT REVEALED VERY LITTLE PT MOVEMENT IN THE Z AXIS. SIGNIFICANT Z MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INDICATOR OF A POOR INTERFACE LOCK AND RESULTANT Z MOVEMENT DURING THE LASER PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE. ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM "DOWN THE PIE" IMAGES CAPTURED DURING PHOTODISRUPTION LIKEWISE REVEALED VERY LITTLE SIDE TO SIDE MOVEMENT. THE CAPSULOTOMY IS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LASER DELIVERED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CAPSULES AND NOT ACROSS THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE OR IN THE VITREOUS CHAMBER. THERE IS NO DATA BASED ON THE FAILURE INVESTIGATION TO EVIDENCE LASER PULSES DIRECTED AT THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE OR VITREOUS BODY. SUCTION LOSS OCCURRED IN THIS CASE TOWARDS THE VERY END OF THE LENS FRAGMENTATION (TOTAL PROCEDURE 98%). IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THE LASER SYSTEM DELIVERED ANY LASER PULSES ON THE POSTERIOR CAPSULE IN THIS CASE. POSTERIOR CAPSULE RUPTURE MAY POTENTIALLY HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO MECHANICAL FORCE PROPAGATION WITHIN THE LENS CAPSULE DURING PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND NUCLEOFRACTIS. BASED ON THE ANALYZED INFO NO ROOT CAUSE WAS DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED TO A LENSAR FSE ON (B)(6) 2013 THAT THEY RECEIVED A "PRF CHANGE" MESSAGE DISPLAYED DURING SURGERY FOLLOWED BY THE LASER NOT FIRING, DESPITE THE DOCTOR STILL HOLDING THE FIRE BUTTON. THE "RUN" BUTTON BECAME ACTIVE SHORTLY AFTER THE LASER STOPPED FIRING AND THE TECHNICIAN PRESSED IT AGAIN AND THE DOCTOR CONTINUED WITH THE PROCEDURE UNTIL A "LOSS OF SUCTION" ERROR OCCURRED AND THE CASE WAS ABORTED. THE DOCTOR NOTED DURING THE PHACO PROCEDURE THAT THE FIRST CHOP HAD FIRED THROUGH THE POSTERIOR OF THE LENS AND THE DOCTOR HAD TO PERFORM A LENS VITRECTOMY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
119347 LENSAR LASER SYSTEM -FS 3D LENSAR LASER SYSTEM -FS 3D OOE LENSAR INC NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK