FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Roche Diagnostics Corporation: cobas e 801 immunoassay analyzer, cobas 8000 Modular Series The device is a fully automated, software controlled analyzer system for in vitro determination of analytes in human body fluids. It is part of the cobas 8000 modular analyzer series. It uses electrochemiluminescent technology for signal generation and measurement.
- Recall number
- Z-2136-2018
- Recalling firm
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation
- Product
- cobas e 801 immunoassay analyzer, cobas 8000 Modular Series The device is a fully automated, software controlled analyzer system for in vitro determination of analytes in human body fluids. It is part of the cobas 8000 modular analyzer series. It uses electrochemiluminescent technology for signal generation and measurement.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-04-03
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2019-11-21
- Reason
- The syringe plunger on the device may be mounted in a tilted position, which applies mechanical stress to the plunger. In the worst case scenario, the plunger may crack leading to impaired syringe function.
- Root cause
- Process design
- Action
- On April 3, 2018, The Firm sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter via UPS Ground. Consignees were notified of the possible failure. Consignees were informed that a Roche representative would contact them to install a syringe plunger guide for the affected syringes to resolve the issue. In the meantime, consignees were instructed to only measure assays that do not require prewash steps and assays that are not impacted by missing prewash step until the syringe plunger guide is installed on the affected module. If the customer identifies broken syringe plungers on their device, the notice instructed them to contact the Roche Support Network Customer Support Center at 1-800-428-2336, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customers were asked to complete a customer response form and return it to the firm.
- Quantity
- 35
- Distribution
- US Distribution to the states of : CA, CT, IA, IN, KY, ME, MI, NC, NY, OH, SC, TX, and VA.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial numbers: 1744-08 1744-09 1744-10 1758-08 1606-09 1752-05 1752-06 1630-08 1738-01 1744-07 1758-09 1759-04 1758-06 1758-07 1743-09 1743-10 1752-04 1759-05 17C5-06 17C5-07 1615-08 1612-10 17C5-09 1744-05 1744-06 1743-07 1743-08 1744-03 1744-04 1759-06 17C5-05 17C5-08 17C5-10 17C6-01 17C6-02
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K100853","K162606","K163569"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JJE
- Firm FEI
- 1823260
- Firm city
- Indianapolis
- Firm state
- IN
- 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
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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