Custom Paks containing 23G and 25G valved trocar cannula provide access into the posterior segment of the eye…
Medical device recall Z-1694-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 25, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on May 25, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Puerto Rico the one state its words name
- 30,701 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 product has potential to leak beyond their design specification.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Custom Paks containing 23G and 25G valved trocar cannula provide access into the posterior segment of the eye for surgical instruments within the frame of 23G and 25G Pars-Plana-Vitrectomy (PPV) surgeries.
30,701 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Numbers: 1707828H 1710591H 1710852H 1710853H 1713426H 1713909H 1714519H 1714520H 1715966H 1715967H 1715968H 1715969H 1715973H 1715974H 1715975H 1715978H 1715985H 1715987H 1715990H 1715991H 1715998H 1715999H 1716000H 1716820H 1716821H…
Every code shown here, 1,993 characters
Lot Numbers: 1707828H 1710591H 1710852H 1710853H 1713426H 1713909H 1714519H 1714520H 1715966H 1715967H 1715968H 1715969H 1715973H 1715974H 1715975H 1715978H 1715985H 1715987H 1715990H 1715991H 1715998H 1715999H 1716000H 1716820H 1716821H 1717967H 1718269H 1718273H 1718369H 1718370H 1719092H 1720758H 1720765H 1721380H 1721388H 1721395H 1721590H 1721896H 1722499H 1723082H 1723088H 1723124H 1723841H 1723845H 1723846H 1723876H 1724755H 1724756H 1726782H 1726930H 1726931H 1727056H 1727768H 1729898H 1729997H 1730138H 1730976H 1731351H 1732658H 1732662H 1733829H 1733830H 1734007H 1734008H 1734911H 1735731H 1735814H 1735911H 1735923H 1735928H 1736349H 1736859H 1736860H 1736862H 1736864H 1736865H 1736867H 1736870H 1736874H 1736877H 1736885H 1737097H 1738696H 1738899H 1738938H 1739014H 1739016H 1739025H 1739336H 1739338H 1739341H 1739346H 1741490H 1741507H 1741519H 1741573H 1741945H 1742057H 1742059H 1742062H 1742068H 1742070H 1742071H 1742072H 1742079H 1742650H 1742654H 1742972H 1742973H 1742976H 1742978H 1743078H 1743400H 1744476H 1744481H 1744485H 1744825H 1744938H 1745226H 1745227H 1745228H 1745236H 1745239H 1745240H 1745241H 1745242H 1745795H 1746416H 1746876H 1747429H 1747430H 1747431H 1747432H 1747433H 1747434H 1747435H 1747440H 1747441H 1747450H 1747453H 1747454H 1748102H 1748377H 1748380H 1748381H 1748382H 1748383H 1748385H 1748387H 1748389H 1748390H 1748394H 1748396H 1748397H 1748402H 1748403H 1748404H 1748958H 1748982H 1749454H 1749765H 1749769H 1750191H 1750258H 1750264H 1750493H 1750496H 1750506H 1750508H 1750509H 1750516H 1750517H 1750674H 1750675H 1750677H 1751954H 1752223H 1752819H 1752838H 1752974H 1753131H 1753135H 1753136H 1753143H 1753144H 1754060H 1754092H 1754115H 1754122H 1754127H 1754939H 1755021H 1755151H 1755152H 1755163H 1755416H 1755417H 1755418H 1756025H 1756136H 1756242H 1756243H 1756437H 1757519H 1757592H 1758277H 1758444H 1758612H 1758937H 1759333H 1759825H 1759832H 1760634H 1760635H 1760636H 1760637H 1760638H 1760642H 1760644H 1760645H…
FDA’s list runs to 7,746 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.
United States, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Curacao, Cypress, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Lsreal, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistam, Philippines, Poland, Prtougal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay
The states and territories these words name
- Puerto Rico
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Aug 11, 2015.
- FDA classified it on May 18, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on May 25, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 20, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Alcon Research, Ltd., of Fort Worth, 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 7,746 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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