FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Beckman Coulter Inc: GEN*S SlideMaker, Barcode Label Specifications, GEN*S SM Intended Use, GEN*S Slide and Sample, Part Numbers 6605360, P/N 4237221, 4237212, and 4277299. Intended for use as an optional peripheral to the COULTER GEN*S System. Creates a blood smear on a clean microscope slide using a segment of the blood sample aspirated by the GEN*S System.
- Recall number
- Z-0851-2010
- Recalling firm
- Beckman Coulter Inc
- Product
- GEN*S SlideMaker, Barcode Label Specifications, GEN*S SM Intended Use, GEN*S Slide and Sample, Part Numbers 6605360, P/N 4237221, 4237212, and 4277299. Intended for use as an optional peripheral to the COULTER GEN*S System. Creates a blood smear on a clean microscope slide using a segment of the blood sample aspirated by the GEN*S System.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2008-05-29
- Posted
- 2010-02-25
- Terminated
- 2011-11-29
- Reason
- Beckman Coulter has become aware of a potential issue in which the Sample ID information embedded in the barcode affixed to a slide made by the Coulter GEN*S and LH SlideMaker does not match the text.
- Root cause
- Pending
- Action
- An Urgent: Product Corrective Action letter, dated June 9, 2008, was sent to customers. The letter identified the affected products, stated the background, discussed the issue, and stated the actions to be taken. Customers are to: 1. Only use upper case alpha characters in the Sample Identifier 2. If you must use lower case alpha characters in the Sample Identifier, configure the SlideMaker Slide labels without a bar-code. Questions regarding the Product Corrective Action should be directed to Beckman Coulter Customer Service at 1-800-526-7694 or your local Beckman Coulter Rep.
- Quantity
- 4
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA and Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All Software Versions.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KPA
- Firm FEI
- 2050012
- Firm city
- Brea
- Firm state
- CA
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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