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Z-1477-2026Class II

Brand Name: ShockPulse-SE Lithotripsy System SPL-SR Product Name: ShockPulse-SE Lithotripsy System - Reusable...

OLYMPUS Corporation of the Americas / initiated 2025-11-14 / Open, Classified / root cause: design

Olympus Corporation of the Americas began a recall of Brand Name: ShockPulse-SE Lithotripsy System SPL-SR Product Name: ShockPulse-SE Lithotripsy System - Reusable Probes Model/Catalog Number: SPL-SR Product... on . FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Ongoing investigations identified additional instances of the device Generator remaining in a blinking phase waiting to recognize the transducer. Damage to the transducer plug and/or generator receptacle may cause these...". As of , the recall status on record is Open, Classified, and MDM tags the root cause as design.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-1477-2026
Classification
Class II
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated
Posted
Recalling firm
OLYMPUS Corporation of the Americas
Product
Brand Name: ShockPulse-SE Lithotripsy System SPL-SR Product Name: ShockPulse-SE Lithotripsy System - Reusable Probes Model/Catalog Number: SPL-SR Product Description: The ShockPulse Lithotripsy System is an electromechanical device capable of fragmenting calculi and aspirating stone debris. The ShockPulse transducer is a reusable device that requires cleaning and steam sterilization prior to use in order to generate both low-frequency mechanical impacts and high-frequency ultrasonic energy that quickly disintegrates stones.
Product code
FEO Lithotriptor, Ultrasonic
Reason for recall
Ongoing investigations identified additional instances of the device Generator remaining in a blinking phase waiting to recognize the transducer. Damage to the transducer plug and/or generator receptacle may cause these issues.
Root cause tag
design
FDA root cause
Device Design
Action
On or about December 18, 2025 URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION - UPDATE letters were sent to customers. Ensure all personnel are completely knowledgeable and thoroughly trained on the content of this notification, including the new Supplemental Guidance. Add a copy of this letter with the Supplemental Guidance to your existing Instruction for Use. You may continue to use the device according to this letter and the instruction for use, which cautions users to ensure that a back-up transducer and probe are sterilized and available prior to beginning a procedure. If you have further distributed this product, identify and forward this notification to them.
Quantity in commerce
602 units
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, India, China, EU, Singapore, Australia, Korea, and Japan.
Product codes and lots
Model/Catalog Number: SPL-SR; UDI: 00821925043824; Serial Numbers: All;

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-1477-2026
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-1477-2026Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1478-2026Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1479-2026Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated