STORZ KARL STORZ-ENDOSKOPE
Medical device recall Z-1234-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 15, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 15, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 24, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 36 states named
- 401 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?
The endoscope may experience a loss of image when activating monopolar electrocautery, due a manufacturing assembly process issue.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
STORZ KARL STORZ-ENDOSKOPE REF 11272VUE CMOS Video Cysto-Urethroscope REF 11272VUEK CMOS Video Cysto-Urethroscope C-VIEW KIT REF 11272VUE-R CMOS Video Cysto-Urethroscope REF 11272VUEK-R CMOS Video Cysto-Urethroscope C-VIEW KIT
401 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Scope Base Part Number(s): 11272VUE Scope Kit Part Number: 11272VUEK UDI Code-DI: 4048551431382 Serial Numbers: 25407 32321 38539 53439 58011 58143 58546 59051 25408 32389 40370 53574 58020 58144 58557 59063 25410 32391 40371 53575 58021…
Every code shown here, 1,996 characters
Scope Base Part Number(s): 11272VUE Scope Kit Part Number: 11272VUEK UDI Code-DI: 4048551431382 Serial Numbers: 25407 32321 38539 53439 58011 58143 58546 59051 25408 32389 40370 53574 58020 58144 58557 59063 25410 32391 40371 53575 58021 58145 58558 59093 25766 32417 40707 53589 58022 58156 58567 59094 28096 32994 40708 53593 58045 58157 58569 59095 28257 33787 41249 53627 58046 58183 58570 59096 28919 33802 44912 53628 58047 58184 58663 59098 29286 33804 45546 53632 58048 58185 58665 59122 29342 33905 46190 53634 58058 58423 58695 59125 30054 33907 46198 53637 58060 58445 58722 59152 30881 34465 47625 53737 58062 58446 58723 59153 31033 34724 47669 53776 58073 58449 58730 59179 31036 34725 48191 53833 58074 58451 58731 59201 31038 35188 48462 53834 58075 58476 59005 59202 31300 36020 48540 54289 58078 58498 59006 59203 31302 36371 48553 57603 58087 58503 59007 59223 31374 36470 49090 57606 58088 58506 59032 59342 31413 36583 49165 57607 58089 58508 59033 59343 31533 36820 52783 57609 58090 58516 59034 59344 31622 37462 53204 57610 58125 58517 59038 59345 31964 38536 53429 57986 58142 58545 59048 59398 59399 59630 59815 59939 60080 60352 60860 61226 59400 59631 59819 59940 60151 60385 60885 61228 59401 59632 59820 59968 60153 60386 60948 61230 59402 59633 59821 59969 60154 60416 60949 61236 59416 59635 59822 59970 60159 60417 61109 61238 59418 59637 59839 59971 60160 60418 61110 61242 59420 59639 59840 60001 60161 60430 61111 61243 59495 59640 59842 60002 60162 60520 61114 61246 59497 59660 59848 60003 60193 60522 61115 61253 59581 59662 59851 60004 60201 60525 61116 61257 59582 59663 59853 60005 60202 60526 61136 61258 59584 59664 59856 60007 60203 60527 61137 61259 59587 59665 59888 60008 60205 60752 61139 61270 59589 59666 59890 60025 60297 60775 61140 61300 59592 59667 59891 60027 60299 60776 61155 62618 59593 59668 59892 60064 60300 60778 61156 59594 59692 59896 60066 60301 60780 61190 59600 59694 59897 60067 60312 60820 61191 59602 59695 59921 60068 60314…
FDA’s list runs to 2,627 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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 - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY. The country of Canada.
The states and territories these words name
36 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
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?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, 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 3, 2022.
- FDA classified it on Jun 3, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 15, 2022.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Karl Storz Endoscopy, of El Segundo, 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 23, 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 2,627 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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