OCULUS Pentacam AXL
Medical device recall Z-0635-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 28, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 28, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 2 states named in where it went
- 83 devices 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?
The device software versions have an anomaly which may produce an erroneous marking for the quality specification value
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
OCULUS Pentacam AXL, Model 70100, software versions 1.21r01, 1.21r03, 1.21r11, and 1.21r13. The firm name on the label is OCULUS Optikgerate GmbH, Made in Germany. The Pentacam AXL is designed to take photos of the anterior segment of the eye, which includes the cornea, pupil, anterior chamber, and lens of the eye, to evaluate corneal shape, analyze condition of the lens (opaque crystalline lens), analyze the anterior chamber angle, analyze anterior chamber depth, analyze the volume of the anterior chamber, analyze anterior or posterior cortical opacity, analyze the location of cataracts (nuclear, sub capsular and/or cortical), using cross slit imaging with densitometry, corneal thickness, axial length, and white-to-white distance. The Pentacam AXL also performs calculations to assist physicians in determining the power of the intraocular lens for implantation.
83 devices, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial numbers: 70100 0021 6190, 70100 0301 5170, 70100 0311 6150, 70100 0331 7130, 70100 0401 5101, 70100 0421 6101, 70100 0641 7170, 70100 0831 7150, 70100 1021 6190, 70100 1101 5170, 70100 1541 7170, 70100 1631 7140, 70100 1731 7140,…
Every code shown here, 1,430 characters
Serial numbers: 70100 0021 6190, 70100 0301 5170, 70100 0311 6150, 70100 0331 7130, 70100 0401 5101, 70100 0421 6101, 70100 0641 7170, 70100 0831 7150, 70100 1021 6190, 70100 1101 5170, 70100 1541 7170, 70100 1631 7140, 70100 1731 7140, 70100 1831 7150, 70100 1901 6130, 70100 2211 6150, 70100 2221 6190, 70100 2231 7130, 70100 2241 7160, 70100 2511 6170, 70100 2641 7170, 70100 2731 7140, 70100 2801 6130, 70100 2821 7110, 70100 2931 7150, 70100 3221 6190, 70100 3701 6110, 70100 3731 7140, 70100 3931 7150, 70100 4041 7160, 70100 4211 6150, 70100 4231 7130, 70100 4401 5121, 70100 4511 6170, 70100 4711 6170, 70100 4831 7150, 70100 4931 7150, 70100 5311 6160, 70100 5531 7140, 70100 5611 6170, 70100 5621 6111, 70100 5831 7150, 70100 5931 7150, 70100 6101 5170, 70100 6221 6101, 70100 6231 7130, 70100 6331 7130, 70100 6401 5121, 70100 6421 6101, 70100 6631 7140, 70100 6801 6130, 70100 6811 6190, 70100 6821 7110, 70100 7041 7160, 70100 7221 6101, 70100 7401 5121, 70100 7511 6170, 70100 7531 7140, 70100 7631 7140, 70100 7731 7150, 70100 7831 7150, 70100 7931 7150, 70100 8121 6190, 70100 8141 7160, 70100 8511 6170, 70100 8531 7140, 70100 8611 6170, 70100 8631 7140, 70100 8721 7110, 70100 8731 7150, 70100 9041 7160, 70100 9221 6101, 70100 9231 7130, 70100 9301 5101, 70100 9411 6160, 70100 9521 6111, 70100 9711 6190, 70100 9731 7150, 70100 9911 6190, 70100 9931 7150, 70100 7411 6160, 70100 8021 6190, and 70100 4531 7140.
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 the states of : CA and FL. There were no foreign/military/government accounts.
The states and territories these words name
- California
- Florida
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 Nov 21, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Feb 16, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 28, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 22, 2018.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Oculus Optikgeraete GMBH, of Wetzlar, Germany.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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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