FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
BioMerieux SA: NucliSENS easyMAG Magnetic Silica The NucliSENS easyMAG accessory products are reagents and disposable to be used with the bioMerieux extraction systems which mention these products in their User Manuals. They enable the automated extraction (purification and concentration) of total nucleic acids (RNA/DNA) from biological samples which are liquid and homogeneous. These products are intended for in vitro diagnostic use by healthcare professionals only.
- Recall number
- Z-2342-2016
- Recalling firm
- BioMerieux SA
- Product
- NucliSENS easyMAG Magnetic Silica The NucliSENS easyMAG accessory products are reagents and disposable to be used with the bioMerieux extraction systems which mention these products in their User Manuals. They enable the automated extraction (purification and concentration) of total nucleic acids (RNA/DNA) from biological samples which are liquid and homogeneous. These products are intended for in vitro diagnostic use by healthcare professionals only.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-07-08
- Posted
- 2016-08-09
- Terminated
- 2022-03-10
- Reason
- Several customer complaints about amplification performance issues when using different batches of MagSil with the NucliSENS easyMAG extraction platform.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Consignees were notified of the recall by letter on July 18, 2016. The letter informed them of what actions need to be taken if they experience problems. The letter included a reply form to be returned. Subsidiaries and distributors were notified electronically on 7/8/2016.
- Quantity
- 7,845 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and the countries of Angola, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Austria, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Djibouti Antilles, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lots - Z017BB1MS, Z017BF1MS, Z017CA1MS, Z017BE1MS, Z017CC1MS, Z017CD1MS, Z017CH1MS, Z017BD1MS, Z017DB1MS, Z017BA1MS, Z017CF1MS, Z017CE1MS, Z017CG1MS, Z017DA1MS, Z017DC1MS, Z017DD1MS, Z017EA1MS, Z017EB1MS, Z017FB1MS, Z017KF1MS, Z017KG1MS, Z017KH1MS
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LDT
- Firm FEI
- 1000611339
- Firm city
- Marcy L'Etoile
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- France
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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