GMF-RC65 Replacement Surgical Headlight Cable for Cogent Microlink
Medical device recall Z-2029-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 25, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 25, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 13 states named
- 169 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 GMF-RC65 Replacement Surgical Headlight Cable for Cogent Microlink falls outside of the firm’s 510k due to light transmitting fiber material difference.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GMF-RC65 Replacement Surgical Headlight Cable for Cogent Microlink. GMF-RC65 Replacement Surgical Headlight Cable for Cogent Microlink is used to transmit light.
169 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: 12208, 12209 12204 12855 13023 13102 12203 12210 13117 13258 12202 12201 13416 13489 12199, 13488 12198 12200 13499 12195, 13612 13607 14186 13610 13609 14184 14059, 14060 14164, 14165 14185 14190 14330 14333 14395, 14396,…
Every code shown here, 951 characters
Serial Numbers: 12208, 12209 12204 12855 13023 13102 12203 12210 13117 13258 12202 12201 13416 13489 12199, 13488 12198 12200 13499 12195, 13612 13607 14186 13610 13609 14184 14059, 14060 14164, 14165 14185 14190 14330 14333 14395, 14396, 14397 14485 14509 14508 14559 14580 14670, 14671, 14672 14680, 14681 14690 - 14699 14909, 14910 14983 14986 14985 14987 14984 14988 15708 14989 14990 16209 16207 16206 16208 16211 16489 16648 17466 16488 16487 16793, 16794 16237 17051 17052 17186, 17187, 17188 17014 17288-17289 17476 17467 17464 17321-17324 17860-17861 17899 17898 17506 18452 18451 17903 17901 17889 17891 17890 17888 20854 20860 17902 21095-21096 20856, 20858, 20859 20420 17900 20387 20855, 20857 20386 20357, 20358 20359 20029, 20030, 20360, 23813, 23814 20385 24462 24597, 24600 24663 25321 25513, 25518 25515 20384 26650, 25514, 25516, 25517 26651, 26652 26653, 26654, 26655 20388 20383 27460 - 27463 20388 20383 27825, 27826 28661, 28664
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: USA (nationwide) including states of: AL, CA, CO, FL, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX and WI and country of: South Africa.
The states and territories these words name
13 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- 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 Apr 9, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Jul 18, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 25, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 7, 2013.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Gulf Fiberoptics, Inc., of Oldsmar, FL.
- 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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