FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

STRATUS OCT

MDR report key: 688841 · Received March 13, 2006

Report

Report Number
2918630-2006-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 13, 2006
Date of Event
February 14, 2006
Report Date
March 9, 2006
Manufacturer
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Product Code
HLI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT UNDERWENT ROUTINE EYE EXAMINATIONS FOR GLAUCOMA, INCLUDING STRATUS OCT IMAGING. WHILE UNDERGOING THE PROCEDURE,THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF BEING BOTHERED BY THE BRIGHT LIGHT EMITTED BY THE INSTRUMENT DURING SCANNING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER , PATIENT HAD AN EPISODE OF SEIZURE DESCRIBED AS DISORIENTATION, UNRESPONSIVENESS, AND MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT TONGUE BITING AND INCONTINENCE LASTING APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS. UPON EXAMINATION BY A PARAMEDIC, PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM FOR FURTHER CARE. NO UNTOWARD SEQUELAE WERE NOTED AFTER THE INCIDENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STRATUS OCT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER HLI CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC. 3000 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR Other