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Device product

VITROS 4600 Chemistry System (VITROS 5,1 FS System family member), System Product Code 6802445. The VITROS 4600 Chemistry System is intended for use in the in vitro quantitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using both VITROS Chemistry Products Slides (colorimetric endpoint, rate, ion-selective electrode, and immunorate methods) and VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip liquid reagents (spectrophotometric and spectrophotometric immunoassay methods.

Z-0077-2015

September 08, 2014

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Event
Event 69234
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
USA: 97; Foreign: 232
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0077-2015

Official wording

Reason: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) identified an anomaly with Software Version 3.0 and below on the VITROS 4600 Chemistry Systems and VITROS Integrated Systems. Internal testing confirmed that when using calibrator barcode labels supplied with VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 9, an unexpected assay calibration may occur if assay targets are unassigned (i.e., hidden).

Code information: Software Version 3.0 and below; Serial Numbers J46000012 - J46000456 (serial numbers are sequential; J Numbers are analogous to serial numbers)

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and the countries of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, Spain and Venezuela.

Derived failure modes

  • Device software or design

    reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0

    anomaly with Software