FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ICL (IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS)

MDR report key: 4111176 · Received September 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
2023826-2014-00738
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 23, 2014
Date of Event
June 14, 2014
Report Date
August 26, 2014
Manufacturer
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
Product Code
MTA
PMA / PMN Number
P030016
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION METHOD: WORK ORDER SEARCH, MEDICAL REVIEW. RESULTS: A LENS WORK ORDER SEARCH WAS PERFORMED AND NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND WITHIN THE WORK ORDER. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE LENS. THE LENS WAS RETURNED DRY AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF CLEAR SURGICAL RESIDUE. THE LENS WAS REHYDRATED IN BSS FOR RE-MEASUREMENT. THE LENS LENGTH WAS MEASURED AND THE RESULT OF THE MEASUREMENT WAS COMPARED AGAINST THE ORIGINAL VALUE AND THE LENS WAS FOUND TO BE IN SPECIFICATION. MEDICAL REVIEW - ACCORDING TO USE FMEA (FAILURE MODES AND EFFECT ANALYSIS) IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT EXCESSIVE VAULTING IS A CONSEQUENCE OF A WRONG LENS USE FAILURE MODE (I.E. IMPROPER WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENT, VARIABILITY OF THE WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENTS BASED UPON DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES UTILIZED, IMPROPER SULCUS TO SULCUS MEASUREMENT (IF UBM USED), AND PATIENT CONDITION; POOR CORRELATION OF WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENT AND LENGTH OF CILIARY SULCUS IN AN INDIVIDUAL CASE; IRREGULAR CILIARY SULCUS OR CILIARY SULCUS CYST). SEVERAL CONDITIONS MAY ARISE FROM THIS EVENT (I.E. PUPILLARY BLOCK, MALIGNANT GLAUCOMA, INCREASED IOP ETC.). TO PREVENT ANY OF THESE COMPLICATIONS FROM OCCURRING, STAAR RECOMMENDS THAT THE LENS BE EXPLANTED AND/OR EXCHANGED WITH THE RIGHT SIZE ONCE THE SURGEON DETERMINES THAT THIS CONDITION MAY AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE PATIENT'S VISION. CONCLUSIONS: BASED ON THE COMPLAINT HISTORY, WORK ORDER SEARCH, MEDICAL REVIEW AND THE EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT, A PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE OF EXCESSIVE VAULTING HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE RELATED TO THE INACCURACY OF THE WHITE TO WHITE MEASUREMENT OR A MISMATCH BETWEEN WHITE TO WHITE AND THE SULCUS TO SULCUS DIAMETER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REPORTER INDICATED THE SURGEON IMPLANTED A 12.5MM ICM125V4 IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS IN THE PATIENT'S RIGHT EYE (OD) ON (B)(6) 2013. THE LENS WAS EXPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO EXCESSIVE VAULTING. THE LENS WAS NOT EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER LENS. THE PATIENT'S POST-OP BEST-CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY WAS 20/20.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
589687 ICL (IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS) INTRAOCULAR LENS MTA STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY ICM125V4 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 24 YR Required Intervention CARTRIDGE MODEL AND LOT NUMBER UNK| INJECTOR MODEL AND LOT NUMBER UNK