Reported Nov 28, 2018 · Terminated

COULTER EPICS XL Flow Cytometer COULTER EPICS XL-MCL Flow Cytometer SYSTEM II Software

Beckman Coulter Inc.

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Beckman Coulter Inc. · 250 S Kraemer Blvd · Brea, CA · 92821-6232

Is this the product you have?

  • COULTER EPICS XL Flow Cytometer COULTER EPICS XL-MCL Flow Cytometer SYSTEM II Software
Lot codes and dates
  • EPICS Catalog NumberEPICS CL 3 COLOR W/MCL 220V 6604985 XL 4CLR FLOW CENTRE 220V AC 6605465 PKG; 4 COLOR XL M/M (220V) 6605465R XL-MCL 4 CLR FLOW CENTRE 220V A 6605437 XL-MCL 4 CLR FLOW CENTRE 240V AC 6605438 XL-MCL 4 CLR FLOW CENTRE 220V A 6605437R EPICS XL 4 COLORS 115V 6604714 XL-MCL 4CLR FLOW CENTRE 100VAC 6605435 TN, XL Flow Cytometer 100-240V, 50/60Hz 626551 EPICS XL 3 COLOR 230V 6604726 EPICS XL 4 CLR/ MCL 115V 6604988 EPICS XL 4 CLR/ MCL 220V 6604989 XL 4CLR FLOW CENTRE 240VAC 6605466 R-EPICS XL 3 COLOR 115V 6604713 XL 4 CLR W/FLOW 1 YR WARR 6605464 PKG;4 COLOR XL M/M (100V) 6605463 EPICS XL 4 COLOR 220V 6604723 TN, XL/MCL Flow Cytometer 100-240V, 50/60Hz 626552 EPICS XL 3 COLOR 240V 6604725 EPICS XL 4 CLR/MCL 240V 6604990 4 CLR,MCL,MM(120V)REFURB 6605436R XL-MCL 4 CLR FLOWCENTRE 240VAC 6605438R 4 COLOR XL M/M (120V)REFURB 6605464R XL 4CLR FLOW CENTRE 240VAC 6605466R 4 CLR, MCL, MM PKG (240V) 6605438U XL-MCL 4 CLR W/FLOW (RECOND) 6605436U All products manufactured
  • affected for the time periodFC-500 From 01/22/2002 to 01/31/2018 EPICS XL/XL-MCL From 11/01/1992 to 03/15/2013
Amount recalled
2549

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide
  • PR

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

A manufacturing defect on the amplifier board of the Flow Cytometers my cause signal loss and/or signal drifting resulting in absence of data or a population shift in the data plots. This can impact patient results for any application.

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 30, 2024 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:17 PM UTC

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