FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF

MDR report key: 3940261 · Received June 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
9612169-2014-00071
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 19, 2014
Date of Event
April 1, 2014
Report Date
April 17, 2014
Manufacturer
ALCON LABORATORIES IRELAND LTD.
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P930014
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION SUMMARY: THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. RESULTS FROM THE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORD REVIEW INDICATED THE PRODUCT MET RELEASE CRITERIA. THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED COMPLAINT APPEARS TO BE A COINCIDENTAL EVENT THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE LENS AS PER OPHTHALMOLOGIST (NOT THE ONE WHO IMPLANTED THIS LENS IN SUBJECT, BUT ANOTHER DOCTOR WHO WILL BE IMPLANTING A LENS IN ANOTHER EYE). THIS DOCTOR SAID THAT IT WAS NOT THE LENS THAT CAUSED THIS DISORDER BUT CLOUDED CAPSULAR BAG (POSTERIOR CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION) BASED ON THIS INFO, THE DEVICE DID NOT CAUSE/CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVENT. ADDITIONAL INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT RECEIVED TO DATE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CONSUMER REPORTED A DECREASE IN RIGHT EYE VISUAL ACUITY SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER AN INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) IMPLANT SURGERY. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE EVENT WHEN READING, THE LETTERS WERE BLURRED, AND FELT PAIN IN THE EYE. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THIS EVENT DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT HER DAILY ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONAL INFO WAS PROVIDED BY THE CONSUMER. SHE VISITED ANOTHER OPHTHALMIC SURGEON WHO INDICATED THAT THESE EVENTS WERE DUE TO A CLOUDED CAPSULAR BAG. A LASER TREATMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR (B)(6) 2014. ADDITIONAL INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT RECEIVED TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
359478 ACRYSOF INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ALCON LABORATORIES IRELAND LTD. SN60WF 21082676

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Other