FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SEE H-10

MDR report key: 4233153 · Received November 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
2023826-2014-00938
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 6, 2014
Date of Event
October 7, 2014
Report Date
October 9, 2014
Manufacturer
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P880091
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PT WEIGHT: UNKNOWN. BRAND NAME: SILICONE ULTRAVIOLET-ABSORBING POSTERIOR CHAMBER SINGLE PIECE FOLDABLE INTRAOCULAR LENS (ELASTIC®) WITH TORIC. (B)(4). RESULTS: VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED LENS SHOWED THE LENS WAS RECEIVED IN 2 PIECES AND A HAPTIC AND PART OF THE OPTIC WAS TORN OFF AND MISSING. THERE WAS A CLEAR SURGICAL RESIDUE ON THE DEVICE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT TRAILING HAPTIC OF THE AA4203TL SILICONE SINGLE PIECE LENS TORE OFF AS THE LENS WAS INSERTED INTO THE EYE. IT HAPPENED TWICE DURING THIS PATIENT'S SURGERY SO THEY CHANGED TO A NEW INJECTOR AND THE THIRD LENS WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED WITH NO PATIENT INJURY. THE REPORTER STATED THEY HAD REUSED THE INJECTOR AT LEAST THE RECOMMENDED 20 TIMES AND CONCLUDED EXCESSIVE REUSE OF THE DEVICE CAUSED THE LENS DAMAGE. SEE MFR#2023826-2014-00939 FOR THE OTHER EVENT INVOLVING THIS PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
715064 SEE H-10 INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY AA4203TL NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR MSI-PR INJECTOR MODEL, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN| MTC-60CFP CARTRIDGE MODEL, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN