# K122938: Forum Forum Archive Forum Archive & Viewer Forum Assist Match

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec, AG
- Decided: Nov 2, 2012 after 39 days
- Product code: NFJ (System, Image Management, Ophthalmic)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.2050
- Recalls of this device: 1 (0 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 7 generations back to K896095 (1990). 15 ancestors in all.
25 later devices descend from it; 11 cite it directly.
0 of 41 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K090439: FORUM, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. (2009) Summary page 2.
- K093313: Synergy, Topcon Medical Systems, Inc. (2009) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K132667: Synergy Odm (2013), 9 descendants of its own
- K151952: Synergy ODM (2015), 8 descendants of its own
- K182376: Harmony (2018), 4 descendants of its own
- K150467: Retina Workplace (2015), 3 descendants of its own
- K170638: Retina Workplace (2017), 2 descendants of its own

## Recalls of this device
- Jan 22, 2015 · Class II · Z-1049-2015: Software defect in the FORUM Viewer versions 3.1 and 3.2 which may lead to misinterpretation of the optical coherence tomography (OCT) data.

## Indications for use
FORUM is a software system intended for use in storage, management, processing, and display of patient, diagnostic, video and image data and measurement from computerized diagnostic instruments or documentation systems through networks. It is intended to work with other FORUM applications. FORUM is intended for use in review of patient, diagnostic and image data and measurement by trained healthcare professionals.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K122938
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology