FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Stryker Communications: Berchtold Chromophare F628 Surgical Lights. Product Usage: The medical lights are for usage in hospital treatment rooms. They provide localized lighting focused on the patient s body for detecting and treating disease, injury, and disability. The surgical lights may only be used in rooms used for medical purposes that have been equipped in accordance with VDE 0100-710 or IEC 60364-7-10 in accordance with the regulations.
- Recall number
- Z-2540-2019
- Recalling firm
- Stryker Communications
- Product
- Berchtold Chromophare F628 Surgical Lights. Product Usage: The medical lights are for usage in hospital treatment rooms. They provide localized lighting focused on the patient s body for detecting and treating disease, injury, and disability. The surgical lights may only be used in rooms used for medical purposes that have been equipped in accordance with VDE 0100-710 or IEC 60364-7-10 in accordance with the regulations.
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2019-03-22
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- The back cover of the light head was insufficiently assembled and could potentially fall off the light.
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- The recalling firm issued letters via FedEx on 3/22/2019 to their U.S. consignees. The recall letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. ,The letter instructs the customer to disseminate it within their organization and that a Stryker representative will begin replacements for customer facilities in January. For the replacement, the Stryker representative will perform an onsite rework of the light head cover. In the meantime, the lights can continue to remain in full use. A response form was enclosed for the customer to indicate they have read and understood the instructions. The form was to be returned via email. The recalling firm's representatives will contact the customer to schedule an inspection of their light and will track completion of the visits and inspections.
- Quantity
- 3,344 lights
- Distribution
- Distribution was nationwide, including to Puerto Rico. There was also government/military distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Vietnam.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial number ranges: 83171-0017818 to 83171-0123938
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FSY
- Firm FEI
- 3002975342
- Firm city
- Flower Mound
- Firm state
- TX
- 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