Reported Jul 12, 2017 · Terminated

Multiphor II Electrophoresis System GE HealthCare Product Number: 18-1018-06 PerkinElmer Part Number: 2117-004 Product…

Perkinelmer Life Sciences, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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: Perkinelmer Life Sciences, Inc. · 549 Albany St · Boston, MA · 02118-2512

Is this the product you have?

  • Multiphor II Electrophoresis
  • System GE HealthCare Product Number18-1018-06
  • PerkinElmer Part Number2117-004
  • Product UsageMultiphor II Electrophoresis System is a versatile modular electrophoresis system for horizontal electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, 2-D electrophoresis
  • and electrophoretic transfer NoteThe Multiphor II Electrophoresis System (Class I) is the platform used with the hemoglobin electrophoresis gel kit ( Class II) sold by PerkinElmer
  • as the Resolve Hemoglobin Kit (K050709Product code JJN). The RESOLVE Systems Hemoglobin kit (K050709) is designed to separate whole blood, cord blood or dried blood spot specimen for detection of normal and variant hemoglobins by isoelectric focusing
Lot codes and dates
  • Serial Number

    88 of 88 codes

    • 1171221
    • 1171231
    • 1171232
    • 1171234
    • 1181923
    • 1181925
    • 1181928
    • 1187499
    • 1189475
    • 1189484
    • 1195060
    • 1195074
    • 1197741
    • 1197743
    • 1197752
    • 1197753
    • 1200106
    • 1202993
    • 1202994
    • 1251991
    • 1252000
    • 1253298
    • 1253301
    • 1253307
    • 1254797
    • 1254798
    • 1255972
    • 1264957
    • 1264960
    • 1302820
    • 1302823
    • 1313213
    • 1320921
    • 1320925
    • 1320927
    • 1331757
    • 1383503
    • 1383506
    • 1406432
    • 1413361
    • 1434395
    • 1434396
    • 1434399
    • 1435683
    • 1436876
    • 1442735
    • 1463140
    • 1465792
    • 1465793
    • 1465794
    • 1480331
    • 1480829
    • 1480834
    • 1486179
    • 1486180
    • 1487157
    • 1487158
    • 1487159
    • 1487160
    • 1487161
Amount recalled
241 instruments

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Potential for electric shock in the case of a failure to install the grommets, supplied with the system.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

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

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Mar 2, 2023 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:46 PM UTC

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