The FOCUS is a microprocessor controlled intra-oral x-ray unit with a Load Matching Frequency (LMF) DC…
Medical device recall Z-1091-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 5, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 5, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 19 states named
- 101 units (US Distribution) 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?
Instrumentarium Dental has delivered a number of FOCUS 3.0 Intraoral X-ray units in November 2013 with a potential flaw in the mounting hardware. A number of wall mount units were delivered with FOCUS X-ray machines that had not been properly welded at our supplier. As a result of the incomplete welding operation, the wall mount unit on the FOCUS X-ray unit may not properly support the unit as expected, which could cause the unit to drift. Depending on the extent of the shortened or missing welds, there is also a possibility that the wall mount unit will fail to support the weight of the unit, resulting in the FOCUS X-ray unit falling unexpectedly from its mounted position.
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Which ones are recalled?
The FOCUS is a microprocessor controlled intra-oral x-ray unit with a Load Matching Frequency (LMF) DC generator, which produces dental images on digital and film media. For the digital images the FOCUS is connected to the Sigma USB terminal which is connected to a PC, which reads the image data from a sensor and displays the image on the PC monitor. In order to make installation and service faster and easier the electronics is integrated into the horizontal arm. FOCUS is intended to be used for producing diagnostic x-ray radiographs of dentition, jaws and other oral structures.
101 units (US Distribution), in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
Device Model Number / Sales Code: 50600-IMG; Serial Numbers (US and Foreign): F21221 - F21641, and F21643; Serial Numbers (US Devices): F21221 - F21230, F21265 - F21270, F21273 - F21290, F21296 - F21350, F23154 - F21365, F21367 - F21391,…
Every code shown here, 418 characters
Device Model Number / Sales Code: 50600-IMG; Serial Numbers (US and Foreign): F21221 - F21641, and F21643; Serial Numbers (US Devices): F21221 - F21230, F21265 - F21270, F21273 - F21290, F21296 - F21350, F23154 - F21365, F21367 - F21391, F21395 - F21447, F21451 - F21464, F21469 - F21478, F21481 - F21486, F21490 - F21519, F21525 - F21542, F21545 - F21550, F21565 - F21588, F21623 - F21628, F21636 - F21641, and F21643
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: US (Nationwide) including states of: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, KY, MD, MT, NC, NV, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA,and WI; and Internationally to: Belgium Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
The states and territories these words name
19 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
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 Jan 14, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Feb 25, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 5, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on May 22, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Instrumentarium Dental, PaloDEx Group Oy, of Tuusula, Finland.
- 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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