FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Beckman Coulter Inc.: COULTER LH 500 Series System
- Recall number
- Z-2337-2010
- Recalling firm
- Beckman Coulter Inc.
- Product
- COULTER LH 500 Series System
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-02-12
- Posted
- 2010-09-01
- Terminated
- 2010-09-10
- Reason
- The recall was initiated after Beckman Coulter identified four (4) issues with the COULTER LH 500 Series System and the Unicel DxH 800 Coulter Cellular Analysis System: Issue 1: There is a potential for misidentification to occur when the system is configured in languages other than English or Chinese. The characters #,@,[,\,],`,{,|,}, or ~ are substituted or omitted in other languages. The issu
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- The customer recall notification was initiated when Product Corrrective Actions letters with attached Customer Response form were sent on the week of February 15, 2010 to all customers who purchased the COULTER LH 500 Series System and the Unicel DxH 800 Coulter Cellular Analysis System. The letters will provided the customers with an explanation of the problem identified and a work around. Customers with questions regarding the Product Corrective Action were instructed to call 800-526-7694 in the United States or Canada, or contact your local Beckman Coulter Representative.
- Quantity
- 1373 units in US and 147 units in Canada
- Distribution
- Throughout the United States and Canada
- Lot, serial or model codes
- 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
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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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