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Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.: The MagNA Pure LC (version 3.0) is a sample preparation instrument that can be used with the LightCycler instrument for automated isolation of nucleic acids in various types of biological materials.

Recall number
Z-0485-2013
Recalling firm
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Product
The MagNA Pure LC (version 3.0) is a sample preparation instrument that can be used with the LightCycler instrument for automated isolation of nucleic acids in various types of biological materials.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2012-07-16
Posted
2012-12-07
Terminated
2015-07-22
Reason
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. has become aware of a device-associated diagnostic software issue.
Root cause
Software design
Action
Roche sent an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" (UMDC) notification letter dated July 16, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. has disabled this software on affected Roche platforms and discontinued the distribution of the affected software. Contact Roche Diagnostic Technical Support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at phone number : 1-800-428-2336 if you have questions regarding this notification. For questions regarding this recall call 908-253-7569.
Quantity
816 units
Distribution
Nationwide Distribution
Lot, serial or model codes
Device-associated diagnostic software
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
NSX
Firm FEI
2243471
Firm city
S Branchburg
Firm state
NJ
Firm country
not on file

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Publisher
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
File
device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
sha256
b87518bfe2e8
Published
2026-09-28
Read
2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z

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