Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 15544 |
| Brand Name: | Carl Zeiss Master 500 |
| Model: | 000000-1692-983; 1789-811, 1322-734, 1262-306, 1262-307, 9004-00, 1064-064 and 1134-078 |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Carl Zeiss (NZ) Ltd 22 Fremlin Place Avondale Auckland 1026 |
| Contact Information: | 09 838 5626 |
| Manufacturer: | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG |
| Issue: | The ULIB database delivered with new devices as well as the ULIB database offered between March 25 and Sept 24 2013 for download contained an erroneous value for one lens. This could lead to the implantation of a lens with a wrong diopter value. Specifically the a0 constant of the lens AMO Sensar AS40E is listed as 0.0 in the internal lens data base of the IOL Master. The correct value is -2.420. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 21/10/2013 |
