Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 21485 |
| Brand Name: | Luxor Microscope |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Casters breaking |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Alcon Laboratories Australia Pty Ltd (NZ) c/- Pharmaco (NZ) Ltd 4 Fisher Crescent Mt Wellington Auckland |
| Contact Information: | 09 270 4360 |
| Manufacturer: | Alcon Laboratories Inc |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has observed that multiple shipments or forceful impact to a caster on a LuxOR LX3 microscope may stress the microscope base, which could contribute to cause a caster breaking or detaching from the base. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Product to be modified |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 6/6/2017 |
