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Recall of Device Recall TEKLENS II and Polylens A60

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Tekia Inc.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    35817
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1311-06
  • Event Initiated Date
    2004-07-02
  • Event Date Posted
    2006-08-02
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2012-02-10
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=46925
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    intraocular lens - Product Code HQL
  • Reason
    Intraocular lenses (iols) with power of 17.0 d and 22.5 d are mislabeled with each other's labels.
  • Action
    On 7/2/04, TEKIA informs first customer to stop shipment of 22.5 D IOLs from batch E0310 due to suspicion of mislabeling. On 7/8/2004 TEKIA informs first customer to stop shipping IOLs belonging to two shop orders (22.5 D E03100099-120- twenty-two (22) units, 17.0 D E100064-89- twenty-six (26) units), and requests them to retrieve products with those serial numbers from their customers. TEKIA informs second customer of suspicion of mislabeling, requests stop shipment and retrieval from their customers of the IOLs belonging to two shop orders: twelve (12) IOLs 22.5 D E03100146-153 -- eight (8) units, 22.5 D E03100218-221 --four (4) units. Return Goods Authorizations are issued.

Device

Device Recall TEKLENS II and Polylens A60
  • Model / Serial
    1) Products labeled with TEKIA as manufacturer: IOLs with power of 17.0 D (4 units): 616170E031002180207, 616170E031002190207, 616170E031002200207, 616170E031002210207; IOLs with power of 22.5 D (8 units): 616225E031001460207, 616225E031001470207, 616225E031001480207, 616225E031001490207, 616225E031001500207, 616225E031001510207; 616225E031001520207, 616225E031001530207.  2) Products labeled with Polytech as manufacturer: IOLs with power of 17.0 D (26 units): 613170E031000640207, 613170E031000650207, 613170E031000660207, 613170E031000670207, 613170E031000680207, 613170E031000690207, 613170E031000700207, 613170E031000710207,613170E031000720207, 613170E031000730207, 613170E031000740207, 613170E031000750207, 613170E031000760207, 613170E031000770207, 613170E031000780207, 613170E031000790207, 613170E031000800207, 613170E031000810207, 613170E031000820207, 613170E031000830207, 613170E031000840207, 613170E031000851207, 613170E031000860207, 613170E031000870207, 613170E031000880207, 613170E031000890207; IOLs with power of 22.5 D (22 units): 613225E031000990207, 613225E031001000207, 613225E031001010207, 613225E031001020207, 613225E031001030207, 613225E031001040207, 613225E031001050207, 613225E031001060207, 613225E031001070207, 613225E031001080207, 613225E031001090207, 613225E031001100207, 613225E031001110207, 613225E031001120207, 613225E031001130207, 613225E031001140207, 613225E031001150207, 613225E031001160207, 613225E031001170207, 613225E031001180207, 613225E031001190207, 613225E031001200207.
  • Product Classification
    Ophthalmic Devices
  • Device Class
    3
  • Implanted device?
    Yes
  • Distribution
    Germany.
  • Product Description
    TEKLENS II (TEKIA label) and Polylens A60 (Polytech label) Model 614, intraocular lens (IOL)
  • Manufacturer
    Tekia Inc

Manufacturer

Tekia Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Tekia Inc, 17 Hammond, Suite 414, Irvine CA 92618
  • Source
    USFDA