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MEDPOR OCULAR SCREW AND ACCESSORIES

Received Oct 15, 2010 · Event occurred Jun 11, 2008

Report 1057129-2010-00016 · MDR key 1877606

Device

Generic name

Medpor Ocular Screw And Accessories

Manufacturer

Porex Surgical

Model number

NA

Catalog number

89103

Lot number

UNK

Product problems

  • Optical Decentration
  • Extrusion

Patient

Not reported

  • Swelling
  • Ptosis

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

THE OCULARIST STATED THAT HE SAW THE PT FOR FITTING OF PROSTHESIS TO THE RIGHT EYE USING THE MEDPOR ATTRACTOR COUPLING SYSTEM ON (B)(6) 2007. THE OCULARIST TOOK IMPRESSION USING THE AQUASIL ULTRA L.V. THE DOCTOR STATED THAT THE POSITION OF THE ATTRACTOR WAS VISIBLE, ALTHOUGH NOT CLEARLY. THE OCULARIST STATED THAT HE PLACED THREE MAGNETS IN THE PROSTHESIS WITH GOOD RESULTS ON (B)(6) 2007. THE OCULARIST STATED THAT THE PT PRESENTED WITH UPPER-LID PTOSIS ON (B)(6) 2007. THE OCULARIST STATED THAT THE UPPER-LID PTOSIS WAS CORRECTED BY BULKING UP CORNEAL AREA. THE OCULARIST STATED THAT THE PTOSIS WAS DUE TO DECREASE IN SWELLING. THE OCULARIST STATED THAT THE SOCKET WAS SLIGHTLY INJECTED AFTER REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE STITCHES AND THE PLASTIC OVER THE MAGNETS AND THE CONJUNCTIVA AT THE MAGNET SITE WERE NOT DAMAGED. THE OCULARIST REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PT PRESENTED WITH EXPOSURE OF 15MM. THE OCULARIST STATED THAT SOME DEEPER STITCHES WERE REMOVED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EXPOSURE AND THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED MAXITROL AND ACULAR. THE OCULARIST REPORTED THAT HE REMOVED THE MAGNET FROM THE PROSTHESIS BUT IT RESULTED IN INFERIOR LATERAL DECENTRATION. THE OCULARIST REPORTED THAT HE RESTARTED NEW PROSTHESIS. IMPRESSION TAKEN WITH THE AQUASIL ULTRA XLV.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE DEVICE INFO WAS NOT PROVIDED BY THE OCULARIST; THEREFORE AN INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED ON THE DEVICE.