PARAGON VISION SCIENCES, Inc: Fargo Ortho-K Lens

Recall number

Z-2516-2023

Recalling firm

PARAGON VISION SCIENCES, Inc

Product

Fargo Ortho-K Lens

Status

Open, Classified

Initiated

2023-06-26

Posted

2023-09-05

Terminated

not on file

Reason

Manufactured lenses are not covered by existing FDA approval

Root cause

Process control

Action

On June 26, 2023, CooperVision on behalf of Paragon Vision Sciences issued an email communication indicating they had suspended U.S. Distribution. On July 26, 2023, CooperVision issued a "Urgent Medical Device Correction" notice to affected consignees via: letter or E-Mail. CooperVision asked consignees to take the following actions: 1. Existing patients should be transitioned from the iSee/Fargo product to an alternate treatment as soon as possible. 2. Identify appropriate alternate options for the patients. Potential alternative options include the, CooperVision issued a "Urgent Medical Device Correction" notice to affected consignees. following: " Different lenses, including those available from other manufacturers that you determine to be appropriate based on your assessment of patient suitability and treatment type. " Glasses that can provide the appropriate reduction in myopic refractive error for the patient, based on your assessment of patient suitability and treatment type. 3. During this transition time, current patients can continue to wear their lenses to continue their treatment. This includes continued access to replacement lenses as deemed necessary by you, the ECP, until the patient can be adequately refit and transitioned to a different product to continue their treatment. NOTE: This only applies to patients currently undergoing treatment with these lenses. No new patients will be provided access to these lenses. 4. Sign and return a copy of the attached Medical Device Correction Response Form acknowledging your receipt and understanding of the provided information. 5. Provide a copy of this letter to your patients. 6. Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax

Quantity

18,820 lenses

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and the countries of Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Vietnam.

Lot, serial or model codes

All Lots, DI - B22208

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

["P870024S043"]

Product code

NUU

Firm FEI

3013398957

Firm city

Gilbert

Firm state

AZ

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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