FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LIBERTY SPORT - LIBERTY SS2000 CHILDRENS EYEGLASSES TEMPLE PIN

MDR report key: 4730572 · Received April 20, 2015

Report

Report Number
MW5042316
Event Type
Other
Date Received
April 20, 2015
Date of Event
March 9, 2015
Report Date
April 9, 2015
Product Code
HQZ
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MY SON IS (B)(6) YEARS OLD AND HAS A CONDITION CALLED CEREBRAL PALSY. BECAUSE OF HIS CEREBRAL PALSY, HE FALLS EASILY. HE ALSO REQUIRES GLASSES. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT LIBERTY SPORT GLASSES WITH AN PROTRUDING TEMPLE PIN AS A SAFETY HAZARD. MY SON HAS FALLEN TWO TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. ON BOTH OCCASIONS, HE HAS FALLEN ONTO HIS RIGHT SIDE, WHILE WEARING HIS GLASSES AND THE TEMPLE PIN HAS PENETRATED HIS TEMPLE. ALSO ON BOTH OCCASIONS, HE HAS REQUIRED STITCHES. THE FIRST INCIDENCE OCCURRED ON (B)(6) AND THE SECOND ON (B)(6). THE LACERATIONS WERE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA BUT NOT THE EXACT SPOT. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST A FREAK ACCIDENT. BUT AFTER OCCURRING AGAIN, I THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO MAKE THE GLASSES SAFER. IT WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC EVENT AND I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER CHILDREN. THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES THE EYEGLASSES IS LIBERTY SPORT. OUR PARTICULAR STYLE WAS CALLED THE LIBERTY SS2000 AND THE HAZARD IN THE TEMPLE PIN. (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
261385 LIBERTY SPORT - LIBERTY SS2000 CHILDRENS EYEGLASSES TEMPLE PIN NONE HQZ

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 7 YR