Contact lens maker CooperVision has expanded a recall of millions of contact lenses, due to eye injuries, which now includes Avaira Sphere lenses and Avaira Toric lenses.
The FDA announced the second wave of Avaira recalls, covering the Sphere lenses, on November 16, 2011. The announcement by the FDA and CooperVision warned that contact lenses distributed by the company are known to have an unsafe silicone oil residue on the surface that can cause serious eye injuries.
A statement released by CooperVision said 6.6 million Avaira Sphere lenses were being recalled. The company did not disclose the total number of Avaira Toric lenses recalled in the first wave of recalls, which specifically addressed the Toric lenses, in August 2011.
On Dec. 21, 2011, the FDA released the list of lot numbers included in the Avaira Sphere recall. CooperVision and the FDA did not initially disclose the full list of lot numbers — although the list was published on the Internet by Brazil’s national health agency. Until the Dec. 21 publication, customers could only enter numbers into a search field on a CooperVision website to find out if that particular number was part of the recall.
The law firm of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz is pursuing cases on behalf of individuals who have suffered serious eye injuries caused by the defective Avaira Sphere and Avaira Toric contact lenses CooperVision distributed.
List of specific CooperVision Avaira Sphere contact lens recall lot numbers