NO SAMPLE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY MANUFACTURING FOR EVALUATION. INVESTIGATION INCLUDING ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS IS IN PROGRESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED AS NECESSARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR 803.56 WHEN ADDITIONAL REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER INTERNAL REFERENCE NUMBER IS: (B)(4).
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A NURSE REPORTED THAT AN OPHTHALMIC SCISSORS TIP BROKE AND SEPARATED WHILE INSIDE OF THE PATIENT'S EYE DURING SURGERY. AN ALTERNATE DEVICE WAS OBTAINED IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE THE BROKEN SCISSORS PART FROM THE EYE. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FURTHER CLARIFIED THAT AN ENLARGED INCISION WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY REMOVE THE BROKEN SCISSORS PART FROM THE PATIENT'S EYE. THE PROCEDURE BEING PERFORMED WAS A VITRECTOMY. AN ALTERNATE, THIRD SCISSORS TIP WAS OBTAINED IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE.