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Device product

Sample probe sucks a sample dispensed into a tube or cup and discharges the appropriate amount into a cuvette. Lot 178713114 - 179433670

Z-1907-2025

April 30, 2025

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Beckman Coulter Mishima K.K.
Event
Event 96748
Status
Completed
Classification
Class II
Quantity
10,176
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1907-2025

Official wording

Reason: A manufacturing defect in the sample probe (S probe). The corners of the tip of the defective S probe are rounded and chamfered, which can prevent the proper formation of the "air layer" required for normal dispensing. The air layer is the air space that separates the cleaning water filled in the probe from the sample sucked into the probe. Maintaining this air space prevents the cleaning water and the sample from mixing. In the defective S probe, the "air layer" was not properly formed, causing the cleaning water and the sample to mix diluting the sample. As a result, the sample mixture dispensed into the cuvette has a lower concentration than the original sample, and the analyte concentration measured is lower than expected results.

Code information: Device: REF/UDI-DI/Serial-Lot: AU480: B11810/14987666540664, B12183/14987666540671, B80091/16954701010015, B96692/14987666542965, B96693/14987666542972, C02654/14987666543283, C02655/14987666543290, C02845/16954701010022, C41919/14987666544174, C41920/14987666544181, N3659700/14987666535257, N3659800/14987666535264, N3659900/14987666535271, N3660000/14987666535288, N3660100/14987666535547, N3660200/14987666535554, N3660300/14987666535554, N3660400/14987666535769, N3660500/14987666536032, N3660600/14987666536049, N3660800/14987666536063, N3912400/14987666537084, N3912500/14987666537091, N3150700, N3151000, N3151300, N3151400, N3151500, N3151600, N3151900/ Serial: From 10155 to 2025021482. Sample Probe: MU993400/04987666522939, Lots: From 178713114 to 179433670. B66751 Kits containing MU993400, Lots: From 178713114 to 179433670

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: CA, PA, VA, TX, NJ, FL, IN, MA, NY, NC, OH, LA, AZ, MO, WA, GA, UT, KY, AL, CO, IL, NE, OK, NV, SC, TN, MD, OR, AR, MS, AK, WI, DE, MT, HI, KS, ME, NH, WV, NM, CT, IA, MI, MN, ID, RI, SD, WY, ND, DC, VT, GUAM, PR and OUS (foreign) to countries of: Viet Nam, Japan, India, Australia, El Salvador, China, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Russian Federation, Italy, Germany, Korea (Republic of, Malaysia), Taiwan, Province of China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel, Ecuador, Hungary, Egypt, Serbia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Belarus, United Kingdom, Ireland, Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, Libya, Croatia, France, Switzerland, Czechia, Philippines, Namibia, Canada, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Lesotho, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Poland, Norway, Spain, Brazil, Tanzania (United Republic of), Lithuania, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Ukraine, Peru, Morocco, Singapore, Slovakia, Mexico, Myanmar, Lebanon, Jordan, Malawi, Greece, Indonesia, Chile, Romania, Georgia, Ethiopia, Sweden, Albania, Eswatini, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Iraq, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Austria, Eritrea, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Tunisia, Curacao, Mozambique, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Portugal, Panama, New Zealand, Colombia, Uganda, Oman, Belgium, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Guyana, Macao, Cabo Verde, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Liberia, Moldova, Republic of, North Macedonia, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Uruguay, Cyprus, Netherlands, Suriname, Slovenia, Denmark, Finland, Venezuela, Sierra Leone

Derived failure modes

  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    manufacturing defect