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Event 67178

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 20, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Zeiss, Carl Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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Compensator Slider Lambda 6x20 component (part number 473704-0000-000) utilized on all upright ZEISS microscopes (Axio Imager, Axio Scope. A1, Axio Lab. A1). Component used to determine composition of urinary calculi, urinary sediments, bio-crystallates and diagnosis of pathological characteristics in medical applications (e.g.: testing for gout or pseudogout); also used for non-medical scientific research.

Z-0799-2014
Recall number
Z-0799-2014
Initiated
December 20, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Zeiss, Carl Inc
Quantity
335 units Total (14 domestically & 321 internationally)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC has recalled the Compensator Slider Lamda 6x20 component utilized on Standard Pathology Microscopes due to misalignment of the lambda plate.

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Reason for recall

Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC has recalled the Compensator Slider Lamda 6x20 component utilized on Standard Pathology Microscopes due to misalignment of the lambda plate.

Code information

part number 473704-0000-000

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - Nationwide including NY, TX, NC, FL, ME, MA and MI; and Internationally to Arab Emirates, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Spain, and Taiwan.