FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MST CAPSULE RETRACTOR

MDR report key: 3851286 · Received March 26, 2014

Report

Report Number
3019924-2014-00009
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 26, 2014
Report Date
March 25, 2014
Manufacturer
MICROSURGICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
HNI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DURING THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT A SIMILAR ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED ON REPORT NUMBER 3019924-2014-00010.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING CATARACT SURGERY ON A PATIENT WITH LOOSE ZONULES, AN MST CAPSULE RETRACTOR WAS THREADED ONTO A CAPSULOR TENSION RING AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE EYE. THE SURGEON CUT THE CAPSULE RETRACTOR CLOSE TO THE PERIPHERY AND TUCKED THE END OF THE RETRACTOR UNDER THE IOL AND REMOVED THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE RETRACTOR. POST-OP THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL AND HEALING NORMALLY WITH THE PIECE OF RETRACTOR STILL BEHIND THE CENTERED IOL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
176534 MST CAPSULE RETRACTOR OPHTHALMIC RETRACTOR HNI MICROSURGICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. MCR-0001

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1