ORIGIO HUMAGEN PIPETS INC.: ORIGIO MIDATLANTIC DEVICES CRYOPETTE (r) Rx only Single use only CRY-PETTE-CL LOT 123456 2013-10-10 Exp. date *** MADE IN THE USA STERILE R ***Origio, Inc. 3400 Hunter's Way, Charlottesville, VA 22911 www.origio.com The Cryopette (r) is a cryopreservative storage device that is intended for use in vitrification procedures to contain and maintain human blastocyst stage embryos.

Recall number

Z-1094-2012

Recalling firm

ORIGIO HUMAGEN PIPETS INC.

Product

ORIGIO MIDATLANTIC DEVICES CRYOPETTE (r) Rx only Single use only CRY-PETTE-CL LOT 123456 2013-10-10 Exp. date *** MADE IN THE USA STERILE R ***Origio, Inc. 3400 Hunter's Way, Charlottesville, VA 22911 www.origio.com The Cryopette (r) is a cryopreservative storage device that is intended for use in vitrification procedures to contain and maintain human blastocyst stage embryos.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2011-11-28

Posted

2012-02-23

Terminated

2013-02-04

Reason

Cryopettes were rupturing during the warming process following vitrification.

Root cause

Device Design

Action

ORIGIO sent a Field Safety Corrective Action letter dated November 21, 2011, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. ORIGIO feels it is important to eliminate this risk completely. As soon as we are confident that this danger of rupture has been eliminated, we will make Cryopettes available again. Please use the attached UPS call tag to return any unused Cryopettes to ORIGIO Inc. Upon receipt, we will issue a credit to your account. We sincerely apologize for the problems this issue has caused in your laboratories. For further questions please call (434) 979-4000.

Quantity

73850 Cryopettes

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - U.S. included states of AL, AR, DE, PR, NY, MA, NH, VT, IL, CT, NJ, PA, VA, WV, NV, NC, SC, GA, FL, OH, MD, MS, IN, MI, PR, WI, MN, SD, MT, MO, TX, CO, UT, AZ, CA, HI, OR, AK, WA and in countries of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordon, So. Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, So. Africa, Oman, Kazakhstan, Honduras, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Lebanon, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Nigeria, Japan, Spain, Greece, Canada, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and Australia,

Lot, serial or model codes

Lot numbers/Expiration: 27109A exp. 9/2011; 29909A, exp. 10/2011; 06210A, exp. 3/2012; 06210B, exp. 3/3/2012; 16210A, exp. 6/2012; 20810A, exp. 7/2012; 22410A, exp. 8/2012; 25610A, exp. 9/2012; 32010A, exp. 11/2012; 32010B, exp. 11/2012; 35510A, exp. 12/2012; 03210A, exp. 2/2012; 05411A, exp. 2/2013; 09811C, exp. 4/2013; 09811A, exp. 4/2013; 09811B, exp. 4/2013; 14611A, exp. 5/2013; 14611B, exp. 2013; 020111, exp. 8/1/13; 020111, exp. 8/8/13; 020111, exp. 8/15/13; 020111, exp. 9/5/13; 020111, exp. 9/12/13; 020111, exp. 9/26/13

510(k) numbers

["K100596"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

MQK

Firm FEI

1216677

Firm city

Charlottesville

Firm state

VA

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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