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Event 71910

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 05, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Leica Microsystems, 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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The Leica ASP200S/ASP300S Tissue Processor. Pathology and Hematology Departments. The Leica ASP200S/ASP300S Tissue Processor is an automated system used to process tissue specimens for examination through fixation, dehydration and infiltration.

Z-2779-2015
Recall number
Z-2779-2015
Initiated
August 05, 2015
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Leica Microsystems, Inc.
Quantity
901

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The Leica ASP200S/ASP300S Tissue Processor have an incorrect internal wiring to the remote alarm plug, which can cause the remote alarm to not function correctly in the case of an instrument failure.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The Leica ASP200S/ASP300S Tissue Processor have an incorrect internal wiring to the remote alarm plug, which can cause the remote alarm to not function correctly in the case of an instrument failure.

Code information

Product Code: Leica ASP200S/ASP300S with Serial Numbers: 5682; 5886; 5264; 5267; 5356; 5259; 5956; 5946; 5794; 5385; 5929; 5301; 5401; 5310; 5530; 5909; 5804; 5272; 5724; 5796; 5807; 5446; 5435; 5670; 5947; 5348; 5434; 5388; 5366; 6000; 6131; 5407; 6040; 5799; 5815; 5737; 5706; 5381; 5416; 5673; 5875; 5962; 6041; 6042; 5266; 5948; 5693; 6021; 5610; 5798; 5926; 5387; 5349; 5273; 6115; 5612; 5965; 5955; 5260; 5725; 5871; 5873; 5874; 5562; 6046; 5386; 5977 ;5889; 5398; 6062; 5609; 6015; 5734; 5403; 5289; 5426; 6149; 5663; 6045

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US including U.S. including AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV and District of Columbia. Internationall to AE, AT, AU , BD , BE, BF, BG,BR, CA, CL, CN, CO, CR, DE, DK, EC, EG, ES, ET, FI, FR, GB, HU, ID, IN, IT, JM, JP, KR, LK, MA, MT, MY, NL, NZ, PA, PE, PH, PL, PT, RO, RU, SA, SE, SG, TH, TR, TW, VN and ZA.