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Event 68524

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 02, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, 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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MicroScan WalkAway-40 plus Instrument and MicroScan Walkaway-96 plus instrument access door hinge. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. in vitro diagnostic

Z-1990-2014
Recall number
Z-1990-2014
Initiated
June 02, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
WA40: 560 US, 131 OUS, 9 already repaired; WA96: 81 US, 189 OUS, 57 repaired.

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Springs contained in the access door hinge assembly on the Walk Away Plus instruments are becoming detached causing premature failure of the hinge assembly and a potential safety issue for the customers.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Springs contained in the access door hinge assembly on the Walk Away Plus instruments are becoming detached causing premature failure of the hinge assembly and a potential safety issue for the customers.

Code information

WalkAway 40 - Material number: 10444853; catalog number: B1018-283; WalkAway 96 - Material number: 1044854, Catalog number B1018-284.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Algeria Argentina Brazil Canada China Chile Columbia France Indonesia Libya Georgia Germany India Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lithuania Oman Pakistan Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Spain Turkey.