FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Tecan US, Inc.: Freedom EVO-2 100 Base Unit, with Air LiHa Arms The Freedom EVO is an open automation platform product for general laboratory use. It is intended for routine laboratory tasks, such as general purpose pipetting and general purpose liquid handling and robotic processes.
- Recall number
- Z-0149-2015
- Recalling firm
- Tecan US, Inc.
- Product
- Freedom EVO-2 100 Base Unit, with Air LiHa Arms The Freedom EVO is an open automation platform product for general laboratory use. It is intended for routine laboratory tasks, such as general purpose pipetting and general purpose liquid handling and robotic processes.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-09-26
- Posted
- 2014-10-29
- Terminated
- 2017-07-10
- Reason
- Distortion (noise interference) of the liquid level capacitance can result in air aspiration instead of liquid aspiration. This might cause a false signal (air detection) with possible dispense errors resulting in erroneous results.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Tecan sent an Urgent Field Corrective Action letter dated September 2014, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Tecan has instructed field engineers to replace the ZAAP Motion Board in the Freedom EVO instrument. Your instrument was identified as affected and a Tecan Service Representative will contact you to arrange replacement of the board. Please make sure that your internal controls would detect any possible dispense errors that might affect your application when using the instrument before replacement of the board. Alternatively, stop using the instrument until the board is replaced. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused,and are implementing corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence. If you have any further questions, please contact your local Tecan Helpdesk for assistance. For further questions please call (919) 361-5200 ext. 19519
- Quantity
- 2 units
- Distribution
- US Distribution to IL.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part Number: 10641100, SN: 1407006311.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JQW
- Firm FEI
- 1037985
- Firm city
- Morrisville
- Firm state
- NC
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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