PHOROPTOR VRX DIGITAL REFRACTION SYSTEM-Digital refractor intended for the subjective measurement of the…
Medical device recall Z-2512-2023. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 6, 2023.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 6, 2023. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 53 units; Extended 34 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?
Phoroptor VRx Head may detach from the bracket that connects the Phoroptor VRx Head to an ophthalmic stand. If the Phoroptor VRx Head detaches from the bracket, it can fall onto a patient or device operator
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
PHOROPTOR VRX DIGITAL REFRACTION SYSTEM-Digital refractor intended for the subjective measurement of the refractive error of the eye. MODEL NUMBER: 16242 [Model 16241 is the base model. Model 16242 includes an additional prism feature used for the measurement of ocular deviation in patients with latent or manifest strabismus].
53 units; Extended 34 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
GTIN: 0812559011730 S/N: 78824-1221 78825-1221 78826-1221 78827-1221 78828-1221 78829-1221 78830-1221 78831-1221 78832-1221 78833-1221 78834-1221 78835-1221 78836-1221 78837-1221 78838-1221 78839-1221 78840-1221 78841-1221 78842-1221…
Every code shown here, 1,001 characters
GTIN: 0812559011730 S/N: 78824-1221 78825-1221 78826-1221 78827-1221 78828-1221 78829-1221 78830-1221 78831-1221 78832-1221 78833-1221 78834-1221 78835-1221 78836-1221 78837-1221 78838-1221 78839-1221 78840-1221 78841-1221 78842-1221 78843-1221 78844-1221 78845-1221 78846-1221 78847-1221 78848-1221 78849-1221 78850-1221 78851-1221 78852-1221 78853-0122 78854-0122 78855-0122 78856-0122 78857-0122 78858-0122 78859-0122 78860-0122 78861-0122 78862-0122 78863-0122 78864-0122 78865-0122 78866-0122 78867-0122 78868-0122 78870-0122 78871-0122 78872-0122 78873-0122 78874-0122 S/N Extended Recall 7/3/24: Serial Number 78875-0222 78876-0222 78877-0222 78878-0222 78879-0222 78880-0222 78881-0222 78882-0222 78883-0222 78884-0222 78885-0222 78886-0222 78887-0222 78888-0222 78889-0222 78890-0222 78891-0222 78892-0222 78893-0222 78894-0222 78895-0222 78896-0222 78897-0222 78898-0222 78899-0222 78900-0222 78901-0222 78902-0222 78903-0222 78904-0222 78905-0222 78906-0222 78907-0222 78908-0222 78909-0322
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.
US Nationwide distribution.
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.
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 Jul 20, 2023.
- FDA classified it on Aug 31, 2023.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 6, 2023.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Reichert, Inc., of Depew, NY.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
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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