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Event 73612

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 16, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Optovue, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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iVue and iVue 500 (now called iScan) OCT systems with software version 2016.0.0.127 (USA only) and 2016.1.0.127 (out of US) Opthalmic: iVue is a non-contact, high resolution tomographic imaging device. It is intended for in vivo imaging, axial cross-sectional and three-dimensional imaging and measurement of anterior and posterior ocular structures, including retina, retinal nerve fiber layer, ganglion cell complex (GCC), optic disc, cornea, and anterior chamber the eye.

Z-1498-2016
Recall number
Z-1498-2016
Initiated
March 16, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Optovue, Inc.
Quantity
40

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
software anomaly

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

A software anomaly was detected that affects Optovue iVue and iVue 500 with Normative Database that may display images of the same eye rather than right and left if user scrolls on the map.

Code information

US and foreign (not yet provided) Software version 2016.0.0.127: Serial numbers: 21908, 26507, 26496, 26558, 22738, 26139, 26442, 25720, 25079, 25142, 23298, 21990, 23461, 24199, 25843, 26572, 26550, 22971, 26495, 22652, 26550, 22971, 26495, 22652, 25389, 23309, 23760, 21732-1, 23527, 20923, 21600, 21414, 20271, 23153, 22875, 23211. Software version 2016.1.0.127; Serial numbers forthcoming.

Distribution pattern

PA, CA, IL, HI. MO, CO, GA, ME, IN, AZ, WV, VA, FL, AR, UT, NE, IN, NV, LA, TN, KS, OK. Foreign distribution forthcoming

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