A user facility in (b)(6) reported that, during surgery, phacoemulsification power was suddenly unavailable.The surgeon witnessed the system monitor screen flickering then the whole system turned off by itself.The surgeon restarted the system and received error messages usm01 "the ultrasound module was not detected in the system.Surgical mode is not available." and lm11 "the illuminator filter control has failed.".The surgery was changed to an extracapsular cataract extraction (ecce) and the surgeon was able to complete the surgery.
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Correction: model# bl2330; serial# (b)(6).Additional information: a field service engineer replaced the daughter board pcb assembly within the ultrasound module of the system.The error message was eliminated and the system was released for clinical use.The first day post operation, the patient developed high eye pressure and the doctor prescribed glaucoma medication.During the patient follow up visit two days later, the pressure had dropped to normal.No additional follow up could be made as the patient passed away one week after surgery due to a heart attack.The lot history, trend analysis, risk analysis and/or directions for use review were considered acceptable, with the product performing within anticipated rates.No corrective action required.The investigation is complete.
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