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Event 73316

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 29, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Nidek Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • 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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

RT-5100 (Epic 5100) Refractor and RT 3100 Refractor: Product Usage: Instrument providing means of positioning spherical and cylindrical lenses, prisms and other optical devices in front of a subjects eye for purpose of determining refractive error and binocular functions.

Z-1245-2016
Recall number
Z-1245-2016
Initiated
February 29, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Nidek Inc
Quantity
2703 separate serial numbers

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
There has been a reoccurrence of an issue on the RT 5100 and RT 3100 Refractor of the Near Point Chart Arm lowering spontaneously with potential for slight injury to face or nose of patient.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

There has been a reoccurrence of an issue on the RT 5100 and RT 3100 Refractor of the Near Point Chart Arm lowering spontaneously with potential for slight injury to face or nose of patient.

Code information

serial numbers: See attached distribution list. 128 RT -3100 and 2565 RT-5100.

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution