Hamilton Co: Hamilton Soft Grip Pipettes, 1 ml adjustable volume, model number 55019-40 Product is indicated for manual pipetting.

Recall number

Z-2233-2008

Recalling firm

Hamilton Co

Product

Hamilton Soft Grip Pipettes, 1 ml adjustable volume, model number 55019-40 Product is indicated for manual pipetting.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2008-05-07

Posted

2008-09-17

Terminated

2011-02-08

Reason

Manufacturing issue with spring may restrict product to drawing less than 1/2 of its stated measured capacity

Root cause

Device Design

Action

Recall initiated May 7 2008. Notification issued via certified overnight mail explains the problem and instructs customers to inventory the affected pipettes. The firm will contact its customers and supply replacement lower-body assemblies, repair instructions and return information so that affected parts can be returned to Hamilton. A fax-back form is supplied with each notification. Responses will be tracked. Contact Hamilton Co. at 1-775-558-3000 for assistance.

Quantity

305 units

Distribution

Product distributed throughout the US and to Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Canada.

Lot, serial or model codes

Serial numbers 63045, 63098, 63135, 63157, 63208, 63248, 63278, 63378, 63401, 63418, 63421, 63442, 63461, 63485, 63524, 63527, 63590, 63679, 63753, 63788, 63804, 63820, 63825, 63834, 63836, 63848, 63857, 63885, 63892, 63904, 63951, 63989, 63993, 64047, 64057, 64074, 64076, 64093, 64140, 64160, 64242, 64246, 64261, 64279, 64288, 64289, 64314, 64342, 64352, 64362, 64399, 64407, 64427, 64478, 64479, 64480, 64492, 64498, 64504, 64507, 64518, 64520, 64525, 64527, 64528, 64537, 64538, 64543, 64544, 64563, 64577, 64582, 64585, 64587, 64590, 64592, 64599, 64612, 64628, 64631, 64635, 64636, 64644, 64667, 64678, 64694, 64695, 64703, 64706, 64718, 64720, 64722, 64723, 64729, 64740, 64753 64757, 64759, 64760, 64763, 64767, 64772, 64778, 64785, 64787, 64789, 64792, 64797, 64801, 64810, 65015, 65016, 65018, 65067, 65068, 65071, 65076, 65078, 65079, 65080, 65083, 65090, 65091, 65109, 65119, 65186, 65204, 65224, 65262, 65269, 65290, 65514, 65536, 65541, 65564, 65566, 65567, 65568, 65575, 65576, 65578, 65583, 65590, 65591, 65597, 65600, 65603, 65608, 65609, 65610, 65612, 65614, 65617, 65622, 65623, 65626, 65628, 65631, 65632, 65635, 65644, 65650, 65655, 65657, 65662, 65678, 65692, 65701, 65705, 65707, 65726, 65747, 65771, 65772, 65773, 65777, 65836, 65858, 65906, 65910, 65916, 65917, 65918, 65921, 65925, 65926, 65927, 65929, 65930, 65933, 65935, 65936, 65938, 65946, 65947, 65952, 65953, 65959, 65961, 65964, 65966, 65973, 65979, 65981, 65982, 65983, 65987, 65993, 65995, 65996, 65997, 65998, 65999, 66000, 66002, 66007, 66008, 66013, 66014, 66015, 66016, 66017, 66019, 66062, 66079, 66088, 66104, 66107, 66115, 66124, 66138, 66145, 66174, 66182, 66196, 66197, 66198, 66201, 66205, 66210, 66222, 66226, 66233, 66252, 66253, 66270, 66286, 66289, 66296, 66305, 66309, 66341, 66342, 66345, 66351, 66353, 66361, 66366, 66372, 66373, 66380, 66397, 66398, 66400, 66402, 66403, 66404, 66417, 66418, 66422, 66423, 66425, 66426, 66431, 66434, 66436, 66438, 66443, 66444, 66448, 66450, 66452, 66453, 66456, 66463, 66465, 66474, 66475, 66480, 66483, 66484, 66488, 66490, 66496, 66497, 66503, 66504, 66505, 66512, 66517, 66519, 66520, 66522, 66523, 66534, 66535, 66538, 66540, 66548, 66549, 66550, 66552, 66555, 66556, 66557, 66558, 66560, 66562, 66565, 66567, 66568, 66569, 66573, 66574, 66576, 66577, 66578, 66582, 66584, 66591, 66601, 66603, 66605, 66607, and 66612

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

JQW

Firm FEI

2915796

Firm city

Reno

Firm state

NV

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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