FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALLEGRETTO WAVE EYE-Q

MDR report key: 3834615 · Received May 2, 2014

Report

Report Number
3003288808-2014-00769
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 2, 2014
Date of Event
April 4, 2014
Report Date
April 4, 2014
Manufacturer
WAVELIGHT GMBH
Product Code
LZS
PMA / PMN Number
P030008
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS (DHR) FOR THE DEVICE WERE REVIEWED. THE ASSOCIATED DEVICE WAS RELEASED BASED ON COMPANY ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IS IN PROGRESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FIELD AS NECESSARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR 803.56 WHEN ADDITIONAL REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN OPTOMETRIST REPORTED A PATIENT WITH LIGHT SENSITIVITY, DRYNESS AND DISCOMFORT IN BOTH EYES ONE WEEK FOLLOWING LASIK TREATMENT. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT IT WAS "HARD TO OPEN EYES" DUE TO DISCOMFORT. THE PATIENT ALSO REPORTED A "LITTLE RELIEF" FROM USING ARTIFICIAL TEARS BUT ADMITTED SHE WAS "NOT USING THEM AS OFTEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS." THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC EMULSION TWICE A DAY AND FLUOROMETHOLONE OPHTHALMIC SUSPENSION THREE TIMES A DAY FOR 1 WEEK, THEN TWICE A DAY FOR ONE WEEK, AND THEN ONCE A DAY FOR ONE WEEK. IN A FOLLOW UP WITH THE OPTOMETRIST, SHE INDICATED THE PATIENT WAS SEEN ON (B)(6) 2014 AND NO LONGER HAD SYMPTOMS OF LIGHT SENSITIVITY. THE PATIENT REPORTED SOME DISCOMFORT WHILE WORKING ON THE COMPUTER BUT OVERALL WAS FEELING BETTER. THE PATIENT CONTINUED USING THE FLUOROMETHOLONE OPHTHALMIC SUSPENSION ONCE A DAY, CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC EMULSION TWICE A DAY AND ARTIFICIAL TEARS AS NEEDED. THE OPTOMETRIST ALSO REPORTED THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS REASONS THE PATIENT WAS NOT CORRECTABLE TO 20/20 PRIOR TO SURGERY. THERE ARE TWO MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT IS FOR THE LEFT EYE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
264058 ALLEGRETTO WAVE EYE-Q OPHTHALMIC EXCIMER LASER SYSTEM LZS WAVELIGHT GMBH 8065990601 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 33 YR Required Intervention INTRALASE