FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Alden Optical: Alden Classic 55 Toric Daily Wear Soft contact; Catalog Number: AOCLT55 Product Usage: The ALDEN TORIC LENS for daily wear is indicated for the correction of visual acuity in aphakic and not aphakic persons with non-diseased eyes with refractive ametropia (myopia or hyperopia) and/or possesses refractive astigmatism not exceeding 10 Diopters.
- Recall number
- Z-0989-2018
- Recalling firm
- Alden Optical
- Product
- Alden Classic 55 Toric Daily Wear Soft contact; Catalog Number: AOCLT55 Product Usage: The ALDEN TORIC LENS for daily wear is indicated for the correction of visual acuity in aphakic and not aphakic persons with non-diseased eyes with refractive ametropia (myopia or hyperopia) and/or possesses refractive astigmatism not exceeding 10 Diopters.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-11-03
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2018-06-19
- Reason
- Contact lenses lack sterility assurance.
- Root cause
- Process design
- Action
- Consignees were initially called and told over the phone not to further distribute the contact lenses. For two consignees whose patients could not be reached by phone, a letter was sent. The consignee letter states the specific product and lot should not be further distributed due to the lack of sterility assurance. A business reply card was provided with the letter and contacts should be returned to the manufacturer using a label provided by the firm.
- Quantity
- 1
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states:of CA, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WI, WY and the country of Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- AZ133020
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K042242"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LPL
- Firm FEI
- 1315522
- Firm city
- Lancaster
- Firm state
- NY
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28