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Event 64968

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 04, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Leica Microsystems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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device · product 1 of 1

LPC Fine Mesh Cassette for the Leica LPC Printer. Part No: 14060546848; 14060546846; 14060546845; 14060546933; 14060546932; 14060546852; 14060546850; 14060546847. The intended use of this device is for storage of specimens/tissues during processing.

Z-1446-2013
Recall number
Z-1446-2013
Initiated
April 04, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Leica Microsystems, Inc.
Quantity
20,160 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
An LPC Fine Mesh Cassette failed to stay closed during processing operations.

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Reason for recall

An LPC Fine Mesh Cassette failed to stay closed during processing operations.

Code information

1) Part No.: 14060546848; Batch No.s: 8280-10309, 82801-0310; 2) Part No.: 14060546846; Batch No.s: 1034710114; 3) Part No.: 14060546845; Batch No.s: 1021420914; 4) Part No.: 14060546933; Batch No.s: 82801-0217; 5) Part No.: 14060546932; Batch No.s: 1030730112, 1101110204; 6) Part No.: 14060546852; Batch No.s: 1101910322; 7) Part No.: 14060546850; Batch No.s: 1034710204, 1034710328, 1113910803; 8) Part No.: 14060546847; Batch No.s: 913920827

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) to states of AZ and KY; and the country of New Zealand.