VisuMax Software Version 2.10.13 with activated Software-Module ReLEx (SMILE) option used in conjunction with…
Medical device recall Z-0680-2020. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 25, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 25, 2019. 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
- 66 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?
VisuMax devices with software version 2.10.13 and activated SW-Module ReLEx (SMILE) option may experience a software issue. In case of a suction loss during treatment the software allows the user to choose the option immediate restart or restart treatment. Suction loss can occur in phase 1 through phase 5. The software defect refers to Phase 2 (between 10% and 100% of lower lenticule cut) only. The software offers a flap cut, but due to the software issue it performs a cap cut instead of a flap cut if the user proceeds.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
VisuMax Software Version 2.10.13 with activated Software-Module ReLEx (SMILE) option used in conjunction with the VisuMax Femtosecond Laser System for Refractive Correction. Catalog Number 0000000-1345-518 Product Usage: The VisuMax Femtosecond Laser is a precision ophthalmic surgical laser designed for the creation of incisions in the cornea. The VisuMax Femtosecond Laser is indicated for use in small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for the reduction or elimination of myopia. This device is intended for use in small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for the reduction or elimination of myopia >=-1.00 D to <=-8.00 D, with <=-0.50 D cylinder and MRSE <=-8.25 D in the eye to be treated in patients who are 22 years of age or older with documentation of stable manifest refraction over the past year as demonstrated by a change of <=0.50 D MRSE.
66 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: 988123 988132 1008162 1008173 1021446 1080079 1089462 1089463 1105752 1105765 1105766 1105773 1115905 1115920 1115926 1124475 1124476 1124478 1124480 1124483 1136403 1143784 1143795 1154532 1154534 1156046 1156048 1156053…
Every code shown here, 581 characters
Serial Numbers: 988123 988132 1008162 1008173 1021446 1080079 1089462 1089463 1105752 1105765 1105766 1105773 1115905 1115920 1115926 1124475 1124476 1124478 1124480 1124483 1136403 1143784 1143795 1154532 1154534 1156046 1156048 1156053 1156059 1157773 1159423 1159430 1161751 1161753 1161756 1161763 1161764 1161765 1164588 1165541 1165545 1165548 1165550 1165552 1165553 1165554 1165555 1165562 1165563 1165565 1168236 1168239 1168243 1168244 1168245 1168246 1168254 1171082 1173826 1173832 1173838 1182193 1182194 1182195 1182196 1182198 1186711 1186713 1192911 1192914 1196018
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 nationwide distribution.
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.
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 Dec 6, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Dec 13, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Dec 25, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Feb 2, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., of Dublin, CA.
- 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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