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VISX INCORPORATED, A SUBSIDIARY OF AMO INC: Excimer Laser System; WaveScan WaveFront System, Software Version 3.65, for use with the VISX STAR S4 and STAR S4 IR Excimer Laser Systems. System is a diagnostic instrument intended for the automated measurement, analysis and recording of refractive errors and wavefront aberrations to the target shape and then generates the commands for the VISX STAR laser to create the target shape on the cones.
- Recall number
- Z-1695-2008
- Recalling firm
- VISX INCORPORATED, A SUBSIDIARY OF AMO INC
- Product
- Excimer Laser System; WaveScan WaveFront System, Software Version 3.65, for use with the VISX STAR S4 and STAR S4 IR Excimer Laser Systems. System is a diagnostic instrument intended for the automated measurement, analysis and recording of refractive errors and wavefront aberrations to the target shape and then generates the commands for the VISX STAR laser to create the target shape on the cones.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2006-11-17
- Posted
- 2008-08-20
- Terminated
- 2010-06-08
- Reason
- Firm became aware of a significant overcorrection in one eye of a patient who had received a wavefront-guided LASIK treatment at a facility in Germany. The probability of a recurrence of this error was determined to be extremely remote. To ensure that this type of incident will not happen again, a software update was developed.
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- VISX issued a notification letter on November 27, 2006, to all distributors and direct accounts. The letter informed the recipients that they were performing a field correction in the form of a mandatory upgrade on all VISX WaveScan WaveFront Systems and Offline Programming Modules to correct an issue. The field upgrade should be made by February 16, 2007. A Dear Doctor letter was also issued instructing surgeons to upgrade all Offline Programming Modules using an enclosed CD.
- Quantity
- 1310 units
- Distribution
- Class 2 Recall - Worldwide Distribution: USA, Venezuela, Colombia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Sweden, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, UK, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Israel, Cyprus, India, Mexico, Greece, Singapore, Chile, Poland, Brazil, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All systems with software version 3.65 and earlier: Part Numbers 0070-0150, 0070-0150R, 0070-1006, 0070-1006R, and 0070-1478.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- P930016/S16, P930016S023
- Product code
- LZS
- Firm FEI
- 1221842
- Firm city
- Santa Clara
- Firm state
- CA
- 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