(l) Visum Halogen Surgical Light
Medical device recall Z-0657-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 16, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 16, 2013. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- United States: 1,082 units and Outside United States: 199 units 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?
Stryker has become aware that there is a low likelihood of incomplete engagement of the Spring Arm Circlip during service or replacement of the Spring Arm. If the Spring Arm Circlip is not fully seated, the Spring Arm could separate and fall along with the surgical lights or monitors mounted to the end of the Spring Arm. To date, there have been no serious injuries reported from the incomplete e
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
(l) Visum Halogen Surgical Light, (2) Visum LED Surgical Light, (3) Stryker Flat Panel and Navigation Arm The Spring Arm Circlip is part of the Stryker Spring Arm used in multiple configurations as a component of the (1)Visum Halogen Surgical Light, (2)Visum LED Surgical Light, and (3)Stryker Flat Panel and Navigation Arm. The Spring Arm that is subject to this field action suspends loads, is a conduit for power/data, and facilitates multi-directional movement. The Spring Arms that have been identified within scope are replacement parts that have potentially been serviced incorrectly.
United States: 1,082 units and Outside United States: 199 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Code Number and Product Name: 0682000112-SPRING ARM, LIGHT 12-18KG, 0682000211 - FLAT PANEL SPRING ARM, ONDAL SUSPENSION, 15-21KG, 0682000212 - FLAT PANEL SPRING ARM, ONDAL SUSP., 12-18KG, 0682000226 - SPRING ARM,3.5-7KG,NAVIGATION,…
Every code shown here, 951 characters
Code Number and Product Name: 0682000112-SPRING ARM, LIGHT 12-18KG, 0682000211 - FLAT PANEL SPRING ARM, ONDAL SUSPENSION, 15-21KG, 0682000212 - FLAT PANEL SPRING ARM, ONDAL SUSP., 12-18KG, 0682000226 - SPRING ARM,3.5-7KG,NAVIGATION, 0682000228 - SPRING ARM, LIGHT 9-15KG, 0682001062 - PKG EDS LIGHT SUSPENSION CENTRAL AXIS 5P/FP, 0682001270 - 9-POLE SPRING ARM, AC 2000,15-21 KG, 0682001274 - 5-POLE SPRING ARM AC 2000 15-21 KG, 0682400034 - FLAT PANEL SPRING ARM, EDS SUSPENSION, 15-21KG, 0682400059 - UNIVERSAL YOKE SPRING ARM RETROFIT KIT, 06824000591 - UNIVERSAL YOKE & SPRING ARM RETROFIT KIT, INT, 0682400151 - LOW CEILING SPRING ARM, 5P SIDE MOUNT, 0682400152 - LOW CEILING SPRING ARM, 9P SIDE MOUNT, 0682400169 - 5-POLE SPRING ARM AC 2000 9-15KG, CARDINAL, 0682400207 - STANDARD SPRING ARM WITH BEARING, 5P, 0682400208 - STANDARD SPRING ARM WITH BEARING, 9P, and 0682400365 - FLAT PANEL SPRING ARM WITH ERA ADAPTER BEARING.
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.
Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, India, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Philippines and Brazil.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
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 Sep 25, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Jan 9, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 16, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 22, 2013.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Stryker Communications, Inc., of Flower Mound, TX.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
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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