OptiMedica Catalys Precision Laser System, CE 0044 containing software cOS 5.00.33 Product Label for Serial…
Medical device recall Z-0066-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 10, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 10, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 5 states named in where it went
- 9 how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Software upgrade exhibits failures when executing Daily Alignment Verification (DAV), specifically, cuts on the plastic hemisphere during DAV do not match the intended cuts shown on the treatment overlay screen on the system GUI.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
OptiMedica Catalys Precision Laser System, CE 0044 containing software cOS 5.00.33 Product Label for Serial Numbers: 44109015; 44106215; 44107315; and 44065613 label states “Manufactured for: OptiMedica Corporation 1310 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Product Label for Serial Numbers: 46120916; 46123116, 46124617; 46131418, and 46131618 label states “Manufactured for: OptiMedica Corporation 510 Cottonwood Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 USA The Catalys Precision Laser System is indicated for use in patients undergoing cataract surgery for removal of the crystalline lens. Intended uses in cataract surgery include anterior capsulotomy, phacofragmentation, and the creation of single plane and multi-plane arc cuts/incisions in the cornea, each of which may be performed either individually or consecutively during the same procedure.
9, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Model: Catalys Precision Laser System, CE 0044: Catalys-U (US version) Serial Numbers: 44065613 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 4/27/2018 46131618 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 4/23/2018 46131418 - software cOS 5.00.33 install…
Every code shown here, 625 characters
Model: Catalys Precision Laser System, CE 0044: Catalys-U (US version) Serial Numbers: 44065613 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 4/27/2018 46131618 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 4/23/2018 46131418 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 4/30/2018 44107315 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 5/1/2018 46120916 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 4/23/2018 46123116 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 5/2/2018 44106215 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 5/3/2018 Catalys-I (International version) Serial Number: 44109015 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 5/1/2018 46124617 - software cOS 5.00.33 install date 5/3/2018
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US Distribution to states of: CO, GA, IL, MD including Puerto Rico and internationally to countries of: Austria and Germany.
The states and territories these words name
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Puerto Rico
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on May 9, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Oct 3, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 10, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Jan 13, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc, of Milpitas, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Telephone.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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