OptiMedica Catalys Precision Laser System
Medical device recall Z-1515-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 29, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 29, 2015. 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
- 202 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?
Device may experience loss of suction during treatment resulting in scoring the cornea during lens fragmentation.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
OptiMedica Catalys Precision Laser System; Model No(s). Catalys-U (US), and Catalys-I (Outside US). Product Usage: Indicated for use in patients undergoing cataract surgery for removal of crystalline lens.
202, in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
Device Serial No. (U.S.) 44055311 44055611 44055811 44056012 44056312 44056612 44056712 44056812 44057312 44057812 44058012 44058212 44058312 44059212 44059312 44059612 44059712 44059812 44059912 44060012 44060112 44060312 44060412…
Every code shown here, 1,876 characters
Device Serial No. (U.S.) 44055311 44055611 44055811 44056012 44056312 44056612 44056712 44056812 44057312 44057812 44058012 44058212 44058312 44059212 44059312 44059612 44059712 44059812 44059912 44060012 44060112 44060312 44060412 44060612 44060712 44060912 44061012 44061412 44061612 44061812 44062013 44062213 44062413 44062613 44062813 44063113 44063313 44063413 44063513 44063613 44063713 44063813 44063913 44064113 44064313 44064413 44064513 44064613 44064713 44064813 44065013 44065113 44065213 44065313 44065413 44065613 44066213 44066413 44066613 44066914 44067014 44068014 44068314 44068914 44069114 44069414 44069814 44070414 44070914 44071914 44072114 44072414 44072714 44072814 44072914 44073014 44073114 44073214 44073314 44073514 44073714 44074114 44074514 44074614 44074814 44100714 44100814 44101014 44101114 44101414 44101614 44102514 44102614 44102714 Device Serial No. (Outside U.S.) 44055211 44055411 44055711 44055911 44056112 44056212 44056412 44056512 44056912 44057112 44057212 44057412 44057512 44057612 44057712 44057912 44058112 44058512 44058612 44058912 44059012 44059112 44059412 44059512 44060212 44060512 44061112 44061212 44061312 44061512 44061712 44061913 44062113 44062313 44062913 44063013 44063213 44064013 44064213 44065513 44065713 44065813 44065913 44066313 44066513 44066713 44066813 44067114 44067214 44067414 44067514 44067614 44067714 44067914 44068114 44068214 44068414 44068514 44068614 44069014 44069214 44069314 44069514 44069914 44070014 44070114 44070214 44070314 44070514 44070614 44070714 44070814 44071014 44071114 44071214 44071314 44071414 44071514 44071614 44071714 44071814 44072014 44072214 44072314 44072514 44072614 44073414 44073614 44073814 44073914 44074014 44074214 44074314 44074414 44074714 44074914 44100114 44100214 44100614 44100914 44101314 44101514 44101714 44101814 44101914 44102014 44102114 44064913R
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 and the countries of, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Spain, Japan, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Austria, Singapore, South Korea, India, Thailand, Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Brazil, Egypt, Tunsia, Belgium, Mexico, Greece, Guatemala, Chile, Turkey, Peru, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, and Dominican Rep.
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 Feb 20, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Apr 23, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 29, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 9, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Abbott Medical Optics, Inc., of Milpitas, 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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