Z-0274-2009

PurePoint System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Rev. B for use with the Alcon PurePoint Laser...

Name: Z-0274-2009 PurePoint System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Rev. B for use with the Alcon PurePoint Laser...
Creator: Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Published: 2008-09-26
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Alcon Laboratories / initiated 2008-09-26 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. began a recall of PurePoint System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Rev. B for use with the Alcon PurePoint Laser, Catalog Number 8065750597 Indicated for use in... on 2008-09-26. The reason FDA records is "Alcon had identified that indications for use unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration are included in the PurePoint Laser System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Revision B". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-0274-2009
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2008-09-26
Posted: 2008-11-06
Terminated: 2012-03-07
Recalling firm: Alcon Laboratories
Product: PurePoint System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Rev. B for use with the Alcon PurePoint Laser, Catalog Number 8065750597 Indicated for use in photocoagulation of both anterior and posterior segments of the eye.
Product code: HQF Laser, Ophthalmic
Reason for recall: Alcon had identified that indications for use unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration are included in the PurePoint Laser System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Revision B.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Employee error
Action: An Alcon representative has been provided with a package of information for each customer site. All domestic customers are being provided an Urgent: Medical Device Correction letter describing the change to the PurePoint Operator's Manual and are being issued a revised PurePoint Operator's Manual (Revision C). The letter advises that Alcon Research, Ltd, has initiated a voluntary correction based upon unapproved indications for use identified within the Alcon PurePoint Laser System Operator's Manual, Revision B. The letter advises that the following indications for use have been updated or removed on page 1.14, Professional Operator's Information, in Revision C of the PurePoint Laser System Operator's Manual: Updated: "AMD; Wet or Dry to include macular degeneration" has been updated to read "Choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD)". "Trabeculoplasty for treatment of Chronic/Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (COAG, POAG), Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma (AACG), and refractory glaucoma" has been updated to read "Trabeculoplasty for treatment of Chronic/Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (COAG, POAG) and refractory glaucoma" Removed: Macular photocoagulation; including grid, focal, laser drusen scatter (panretinal) Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation Intra-ocular tumors; to include choroidal hemangioma, choroidal melanoma, retinoblastoma Otosclerotic hearing loss. No other changes to the manual have been made in this revision and no other Alcon products are affected by this correction. Per the letter, an Alcon Representative will provide customers with a new PurePoint Laser System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Rev. C. and customers are return their existing PurePoint Laser System Operator's Manual, Catalog Number 8065751131, Rev.B. A signed confirmation of receipt of the letter is required from all customers.
Quantity in commerce: 41 units
Distribution: Worldwide Distribution --- USA including states of IL, WI, TX, MI, PA, NY, CT, SC, NC, LA, FL, GA, CA, OR, WA, CO, and NV, and countries of India, Bulgaria, Barbados, and Dominican Republic.
Product codes and lots: Serial Numbers 0801438901X, 0801481701X2, 0801591601X2, 0801591701X1, 0801591801X1, 0801692701X1, 0801717801X3, 0801717901X, 0801718001X1, 0801718101X, 0801718201X, 0801763401X1, 0801763601X, 0801817201X, 0801817601X, 0801844601X1, 0801844701X1, 0801844801X1, 0801844901X, 0801845001X1, 0801887201X, 0801887501X, 0801887601X, 0801965801X, 0801965901X, 0801966001X, 0802057301X, 0802057501X, 0802244501X, 0802244701X, 0802245101X, 0802480501X, 0802480901X, 0802484101X, 0802514101X, 0802529501X, 0802570101X, 0801887401X, 0802244301X, 0801439201X, and 0802244901X,

Product code HQF

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

Process control is the most common named cause of a device recall11 SEP 2026 / by Medical Device Manufacturing

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Data as of 2026-10-07, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)