FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VERION DIGITAL MARKER M FOR ZEISS MICROSCOPES

MDR report key: 3954743 · Received July 18, 2014

Report

Report Number
3003288808-2014-01119
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 18, 2014
Date of Event
April 24, 2014
Report Date
June 20, 2014
Manufacturer
WAVELIGHT GMBH (AGPS)
Product Code
LZS
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
RO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION INCLUDING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IS IN PROGRESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED AS NECESSARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR 803.56 WHEN ADDITIONAL REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT RECEIVED TO DATE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SURGEON REPORTED THAT DURING SURGERY THE GUIDING SYSTEM PROJECTED WRONGLY THE ORIENTATION AXIS. THE MARKINGS IN THE SURGEON'S MICROSCOPE AND IN THE SYSTEM'S DISPLAY, WERE PERMANENTLY CHANGING, THUS MAKING DIFFICULT FOR THE SURGEON TO GUESS WHICH THE CORRECT TORIC ALIGNMENT AXIS WAS. THE SURGEON REPORTED THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH AXIS FOR THE TORIC ALIGNMENT WAS THE CORRECT ONE, SO SHE CHOOSE ONE OF THE MULTIPLE AXIS DISPLAYED BY THE SYSTEM. DUE TO THIS EVENT THE INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) WAS IMPLANTED WITH A 16 DEGREES AXIS ERROR. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED ONLY IN THE POST-OPERATORY CONTROL OF THE PATIENT ONE DAY BEFORE SURGERY AND ALSO AFTER A MONTH. THE AFFECTED EYE WAS THE LEFT EYE (OS). THE TOTAL DURATION OF THE SURGERY WAS OF 10 MINUTES. THE VISCOELASTIC WAS REMOVED USING BIMANUAL IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION, INCLUDING UNDERNEATH THE IOL. THE SURGEON ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE WAS VISUAL IMPACT FOR THE PATIENT (RESIDUAL ASTIGMATISM) CORRECTED WITH EYE GLASSES AND THAT THE PATIENT DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A NEW SURGERY FOR THE IOL ROTATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT RECEIVED TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
423184 VERION DIGITAL MARKER M FOR ZEISS MICROSCOPES CAMERA, STILL, MICROSURGICAL LZS WAVELIGHT GMBH (AGPS) X-SPM NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR Other IOL ACRYSOF TORIC| METHYLCELLULOSE VISCOELASTIC