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Hamilton Co: 300 Microliter CO-RE Tips for use with Microlab STAR, manufactured by Hamilton Company, Reno, NV. Product is a disposable product used with Microlab STAR series Instruments, which are microtiter diluting and dispensing devices.
- Recall number
- Z-1999-2009
- Recalling firm
- Hamilton Co
- Product
- 300 Microliter CO-RE Tips for use with Microlab STAR, manufactured by Hamilton Company, Reno, NV. Product is a disposable product used with Microlab STAR series Instruments, which are microtiter diluting and dispensing devices.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2009-04-09
- Posted
- 2009-09-09
- Terminated
- 2010-01-04
- Reason
- Product Defect-- some tips from the mold cavity 28 are too short and do not always aspirate or dispense liquid correctly.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- The firm initiated the recall on April 10, 2009, and issued notification to consignees via certified mail and e-mail. Customers were instructed to return the affected product to the Hamilton Company. A fax-back form was supplied with each notification. Direct questions about the recall to the Hamilton Company by calling 1-775-858-3000, extension 236.
- Quantity
- 20 cases of Part 235950 and 27 cases of Part 235902.
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- US (states of DE, NJ, PA, MA and CA), New Zealand and Japan.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part Number 235950 (case containing 11,520 tips), Lot Number 2950441 and Part Number 235902 (case containing 5,760 tips), Lot Number 2950461.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JTC
- Firm FEI
- 2915796
- Firm city
- Reno
- Firm state
- NV
- 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
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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