TECNIS Multifocal Foldable Acrylic Intraocular Lens
Medical device recall Z-2863-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 28, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 28, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 1 state named
- 41 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?
Abbott Medical Optics is recalling Intraocular Lenses (IOLs) because they were not being checked prior to release and this may result in the release of mislabeled IOLs.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
TECNIS Multifocal Foldable Acrylic Intraocular Lens, Model No. ZMA00 The product is indicated for primary implantation for the visual correction of aphakia in adult patients with and without presbyopia in whom a cataractous lens has been removed by extracapsular cataract extraction and who desire near, intermediate, and distance vision with increased spectacle independence. The lens is intended to be placed in the capsular bag
41 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial No. 8213991504 8214001504 8214011504 8214021504 8214031504 8214041504 8214051504 8214061504 8214071504 8214101504 8538801603 8538821603 8538831603 8538841603 8538871603 8538891603 8538901603 8538971603 8538981603 8416821507…
Every code shown here, 461 characters
Serial No. 8213991504 8214001504 8214011504 8214021504 8214031504 8214041504 8214051504 8214061504 8214071504 8214101504 8538801603 8538821603 8538831603 8538841603 8538871603 8538891603 8538901603 8538971603 8538981603 8416821507 8416831507 8416841507 8416851507 8416911507 8416921507 8416951507 8416961507 8416971507 8416991507 8417001507 8417011507 8417021507 8417041507 8417071507 8417081507 8417091507 8417101507 8445191507 8505901605 8505911605 8505961605
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, PR, and Internationally to Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific.
The states and territories these words name
- Puerto Rico
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 Aug 26, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Sep 21, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 28, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Dec 23, 2016.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO), of Santa Ana, 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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