FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LADAR600

MDR report key: 835241 · Received March 22, 2007

Report

Report Number
1061857-2007-00110
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 22, 2007
Date of Event
December 8, 2006
Report Date
March 5, 2007
Manufacturer
ALCON - ORLANDO TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Product Code
LZS
Removal / Correction Number
1061857-02/21/2007-002-C
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IS IN PROGRESS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A NURSE REPORTS ONE CUSTOM PATIENT WITH TOPOGRAPHICALLY-OBSERVED "CENTRAL ISLANDS" (CORNEAL IRREGULARITIES) FOLLOWING A BILATERAL CUSTOM MYOPIA WITH ASTIGMATISM LASER PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY/IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. RIGHT EYE: 1061857-2007-00110 MALFUNCTION. LEFT EYE: 1061857-2007-00111 MALFUNCTION. SURFACE IRREGULARITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY CAN INTERFERE WITH VISION. SOME IRREGULARITIES SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVE AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS. PATIENTS WITH PERSISTING IRREGULARITIES MAY BE TREATED WITH ALTERNATIVE METHODS INCLUDING SPECTACLE CORRECTION, CONTACT LENS CORRECTION OR SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LADAR600 OPHTHALMIC EXCIMER LASER SYSTEM LZS ALCON - ORLANDO TECHNOLOGY CENTER NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA