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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

Stryker CHROMOPHARE Softlit Ring Surgical Light System

The surgical light system may not adequately support the weight of the ceiling cover.

What happened

Stryker Communications of Flower Mound, Texas, recalled the Stryker CHROMOPHARE Softlit Ring Surgical Light System REF: CH00000001 because the surgical light assembly may not adequately support the weight of the ceiling cover. The company began the recall on February 23, 2026, and the FDA added it to its Enforcement Report on March 27, 2026. The recall involves 6170 units distributed nationwide in the US.

What to do

We don't have product-specific instructions for this recall. FDA's general advice for medical device recalls:

  1. A device recall doesn't always mean you must stop using it: it may need to be checked, adjusted or fixed.
  2. Talk to your health care provider before you stop using it.

Is yours affected?

Affected if its UDI-DI matches.

A UDI-DI is the device identifier printed with the barcode on the device label.

  1. Stryker CHROMOPHARE Softlit Ring Surgical Light System REF: CH00000001

    UDI-DI
    • 07613327296167
    Lot code
    All Lots

Recall details

Company began the recall
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Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution.

Company
Stryker CommunicationsFlower Mound, Texas
Risk

Moderate risk

Using it may cause short-term health problems, or ones that treatment can reverse. Serious harm is unlikely.

FDA Class II recall · How risk is rated

Event ID
98514
Recall number
Z-1688-2026
Quantity recalled
6170 units

Timeline

FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA adds a recall when it posts it and publishes the list weekly.

  1. Company began the recall

  2. Added to FDA's Enforcement Report · Classified by FDA

  3. In FDA's weekly enforcement report

  4. Listed on Recall Canary

  5. Summary updated

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 2, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)