FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Beckman Coulter Inc.: Coulter LH 500 Series System. Beckman Coulter, Inc. Brea, CA. Quantitative, automated hematology analyzer and leukocyte differential cell counter for in vitro diagnostic use in clinical laboratories.
- Recall number
- Z-1657-2010
- Recalling firm
- Beckman Coulter Inc.
- Product
- Coulter LH 500 Series System. Beckman Coulter, Inc. Brea, CA. Quantitative, automated hematology analyzer and leukocyte differential cell counter for in vitro diagnostic use in clinical laboratories.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-02-04
- Posted
- 2010-05-26
- Terminated
- 2014-09-02
- Reason
- Issue 1: The system will substitute or omit the characters # @ [\] ' {I) when the system is configured in a language other than English or Chinese. Example: Using the character @, a substitution in the string '123@456' would result in '123#456' and an omission would result in '123456' Issue 2: The system will omit the character ~ regardless of language. Impact: There is a potential for Specimen
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Beckman Coulter, Inc. issued "Urgent: Product Corrective Action" notifications dated February 12, 2010. Consignees were informed of the affected product and instructed on proper actions. The firm also asked that the enclosed response forms be returned. For further information, contact your local Beckman Coulter Representative or call 1-800-526-7694.
- Quantity
- 1520 units
- Distribution
- Distributed Nationwide and Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product LH500 100V Part number 178832; Product LH500 120V Part number 178833; Product LH500 240V Part Number 178834; All Serial Numbers.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K032000"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GKZ
- 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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