FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Stryker Corporation: 1688 Camera Control Unit (CCU), Catalog number:1688010000. Used in general laparoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, sinuscopy, and plastic surgery wherever a laparoscope/endoscope/arthroscope/sinuscope is used.
- Recall number
- Z-0728-2022
- Recalling firm
- Stryker Corporation
- Product
- 1688 Camera Control Unit (CCU), Catalog number:1688010000. Used in general laparoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, ear endoscopy, sinuscopy, and plastic surgery wherever a laparoscope/endoscope/arthroscope/sinuscope is used.
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2022-01-14
- Posted
- 2022-03-07
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- A software defect in the camera control unit (CCU) will cause the image on the monitor to flip upside-down into an incorrect orientation. The potential of harms are conversion to open procedure, additional medical intervention, or a revision surgery.
- Root cause
- Software in the Use Environment
- Action
- Medical Safety Notification was issued On January 28, 2022. This is Part 1 of 2. Customer Instructions on January 28,2022 state: Check inventory to see if you have a 1688 Pendulum Camera. NO PRODUCT RETURN IS NECESSARY. Return the business reply form by email to endorecall@stryker.com to confirm receipt of this notification. Maintain awareness of this communication internally until part 2 of 2 of this field action is conducted. If you have any questions or concerns, please email endorecall@stryker.com. These solutions are temporary while Stryker Endoscopy develops a software update to the 1688 Camera Control Unit to solve this issue. Part 2 of the field action will be a software update on all 1688 CCUs, which Stryker will install. Temporary Solutions: a) Preventing the Flip: 1. The only way to prevent the possibility of the image flip is to remove the USB A-to-B Cable from the CCU to Hub. However, this will cause the loss of device control through the CCU. b) Methods to Avoid/Correct Flip: 1. Do not select "End Case" on the Hub while a camera head is inserted. 2. If the flip does occur, unplugging and re-plugging the camera head will resolve the issue. However, this is only temporary, and this may occur again if "End Case" is selected Recall notices dated May 6, 2022, were distributed to all customers with 1688 Camera Control Units. Customers were asked to check their inventory and if affected product is found, call their Sales Representative or OnSite Specialist to upgrade CCU Software. Complete and return the customer acknowledgment form. Please use Temporary Solutions (section above) until software upgrade is complete. The software version can be found on the bottom right corner of the screen during boot up.
- Quantity
- 11,955
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution. US nationwide including Puerto Rico. OUS: BR, AE, NL, IN, FR, ES, HK, IT, GB, CO, PE, MY, TH, CA, JP, MX, AR, NP, SG, PH, ZA, CL, KR, CN
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All serial numbers of 1688 CCU, UDI: 07613327420081, with Software Revisions: 3.0.6, 4.0.13, and 4.0.18
- 510(k) numbers
- K182160
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GCJ
- Firm FEI
- 2936485
- Firm city
- San Jose
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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