FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medicel Ag: Product Name: nanoPOINT Injector System, item number 37-0000-08. Intended to fold and insert a STAAR Surgical Collamer nanoFLEX or Afinity IOLs, through surgical procedure in a human eye.
- Recall number
- Z-1984-2013
- Recalling firm
- Medicel Ag
- Product
- Product Name: nanoPOINT Injector System, item number 37-0000-08. Intended to fold and insert a STAAR Surgical Collamer nanoFLEX or Afinity IOLs, through surgical procedure in a human eye.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2013-08-05
- Posted
- 2013-08-20
- Terminated
- 2014-03-11
- Reason
- The firm initiated this recall of one lot (121402) of nanoPOINT Injectors after they noticed that Tyvek lids might have been damaged and, therefore, the stability of the sterile barrier might be negatively affected.
- Root cause
- Use error
- Action
- Medicel AG sent recall notification to its one direct consignee via email on 08/05/2013. The recall notification letter was titled "URGENT-Medical Device Correction Notice for nanoPOINT Injectors LOT 121402". The recall notification letter informed the customer of the product device description and lot number recalled, reason for recall, instructions to "not use this affected lot...and return them", contact information and an area on the bottom of the letter to acknowledge receipt of the correction notice. The firm's direct consignee who further distributed this product to the end users will send out notifications.
- Quantity
- 68 boxes or 680 units
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Item number 37-0000-08 Lot number of the recalled products: LOT121402
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K070669"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- HQL
- Firm FEI
- 3006151006
- Firm city
- Wolfhalden
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- Switzerland
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
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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