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Device product

Tonometers are manual devices intended to measure intraocular pressure by applying a known force on the globe of the eye and measuring the amount of indentation produced (Schiotz type) or to measure intraocular tension by applanation (applying a small flat disk to the cornea) and are sold under the Millennium Surgical, Symmetry Surgical, Accutome, Boss Instruments, and Medline Industries brand names.

Z-0558-2015

September 08, 2014

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Instrumed International, Inc.
Event
Event 69471
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
23 tonometers
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0558-2015

Official wording

Reason: The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to market the devices as "Pre-Amendment" devices.

Code information: 1) Instrumed Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Instrumed Product Number: 720-55800; Trade Name: Millennium Surgical; Millennium Surgical Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Millennium Surgical Item Number: 3-5754; Lot Number: 030212. 2) Instrumed Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Instrumed Product Number: 720-55800; Trade Name: Symmetry Surgical; Symmetry Surgical Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Symmetry Surgical Item Number: 60-6031; Lot Numbers: 030212, 030413, 040113, 100312, 120113. 3) Instrumed Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Instrumed Product Number: 720-55800; Trade Name: Accutome; Accutome Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Accutome Item Number: AM0530; Lot Number: 030212, 120113. 4) Instrumed Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Instrumed Product Number: 720-55800; Trade Name: Boss Instruments; Boss Instruments Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Boss Instruments Item Number: 80-9010; Lot Number: 100312. 5) Instrumed Product Name: Schoitz Tonometer; Instrumed Product Number: 720-55800; Trade Name: Medline Industries; Medline Industries Product Name: Tonometer, Eye, Schiotz, w/ 3 Weights, Case; Medline Industries Item Number: MDG0781649; Lot Number: 030212, 040113, 100312, 120113.

Distribution pattern: Nationwide Distribution including AZ, CA, FL, IL, KS, MI, NC, OH, PA, TN, TX, and VA.

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    The reason these devices are being withdrawn from the market by Instrumed is that Instrumed did not market these devices prior to September 26, 1976, and therefore, does not meet all FDA requirements to market the devices as "Pre-Amendment" devices.