Reported Jul 17, 2013 · Terminated

Sovereign¿ Compact Phacoemulsification System, v 5.3, Part Number: CMP680300. The system is used for cataract surgery.

Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Abbott Medical Optics, Inc. · 510 Cottonwood Dr · Milpitas, CA · 95035-7403

Is this the product you have?

  • Sovereign¿ Compact Phacoemulsification System, v 5.3
  • Part NumberCMP680300. The system is used for cataract surgery
Lot codes and dates
  • Product NameSovereign¿ Compact Console Universal
  • Part NumberCMP680300. The Sovereign¿ Compact console is identified with a unique, sequentially assigned 3 digit number identified below as XXX. For Sovereign¿ Compact systems manufactured at the Third Party Manufacturer, Sanmina-SCI Corporation, the serial number format is YYYY35XXX where Y is for the year manufactured and "35" designates manufacturing at Sanmina-SCI Corporation. The Sanmina-SCI Corporation started manufacturing the Sovereign¿ Compact v 5.3 systems in February 2012. For Sovereign¿ Compact systems manufactured at the AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC facility in Milpitas, CA the serial number format is YYYY80XXX where Y is for the year manufactured and "80" designates manufacturing at Milpitas. The Milpitas facility started manufacturing the v 5.3 systems in February 2013. The serial number is contained in the Product Identification Label (part number Z352548) that is attached to the rear of the console for systems manufactured
Amount recalled
534 systems

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) initiated this Urgent Notice of Medical Device Correction and Advisory Notice to all customers who use the AMO Sovereign¿ Compact Phacoemulsification System, Version 5.3, because it has the potential to lose the vacuum tone mode during surgery.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Oct 6, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:29 PM UTC

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