FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Capintec Inc: Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System Nuclear uptake probe intended to be used by trained Nuclear Medicine Technologists to perform thyroid uptake procedures, which consist of the measurement of organ uptake and circulating radioactivity.
- Recall number
- Z-2312-2012
- Recalling firm
- Capintec Inc
- Product
- Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System Nuclear uptake probe intended to be used by trained Nuclear Medicine Technologists to perform thyroid uptake procedures, which consist of the measurement of organ uptake and circulating radioactivity.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-07-24
- Posted
- 2012-09-05
- Terminated
- 2013-12-10
- Reason
- Customers who received a Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System with Software Revisions 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, and 1.26 may encounter an error while using the thyroid uptake protocol ?Measure Liquid and Subtract Residual." This protocol was a new feature added to Software Revision 1.22 in January 2011. The error occurs only if the user does NOT measure the residual dose immediately after me
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- The firm, CAPINTEC, INC., sent a "SOFTWARE ERROR ALERT" letter dated July 20, 2012 to all affected consignees/customers. The letter describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to follow the four measuring steps outlined in the letter; DO NOT PRINT, EXIT THE THYROID UPTAKE MODULE, OR MEASURE ANOTHER PATIENT BEFORE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THESE FOUR MEASUREMENT STEPS; and follow the attached addendum for step-by step instructions. Capintec will send corrected software to all affected customers in approximately 2-3 weeks. The customers are instructed to contact Capintec Customer Support Representative if you have any questions or concerns regarding this notification, or if you do not receive your replacement software. Capintec Customer Support can be reached by phone at 1-800-631-3826 or by email at getinfo@capintec.com or by visiting our website at www.capintec.com.
- Quantity
- 256
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Malaysia, Philippines, Spain, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog numbers for new systems: 5430-0076, 5430-0077, 5430-0103, and 5430-0087. Catalog numbers for conversion systems: 5430-0118 and 5430-0119. Serial numbers for new systems: 901006 through 901394, inclusive. Serial numbers for conversion systems: CNV 674 through CNV 730, inclusive. Also affected are devices which were serviced and devices for which customers received software upgrades between January 20, 2011 and June 30, 2012 with Revision 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, or 1.26. (NOTE: Item number 5430-0075, Captus 3000 well counter system, is excluded. This system does not have the ability to perform thyroid uptake procedures.)
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- IZD
- Firm FEI
- 2518443
- Firm city
- Pittsburgh
- Firm state
- PA
- 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
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- 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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