FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Beckman Coulter Inc.: AQUIOS CL Flow Cytometer, Catalog No. B30166; Intended for use with in vitro diagnostic flow cytometry applications using up to four florescent detection channels.
- Recall number
- Z-2900-2016
- Recalling firm
- Beckman Coulter Inc.
- Product
- AQUIOS CL Flow Cytometer, Catalog No. B30166; Intended for use with in vitro diagnostic flow cytometry applications using up to four florescent detection channels.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-09-06
- Posted
- 2016-09-28
- Terminated
- 2017-08-07
- Reason
- Beckman Coulter is recalling the AQUIOS CL System because the use of the reagent carousel can lead to misalignment of the carousel and damage to the prep probe.
- Root cause
- Software Design Change
- Action
- An Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated 9/6/16 was sent to customers to inform them that the use of Positions 9 and 10 of the reagent carousel can lead to misalignment of the carousel and damage to the prep probe. The letter informs the customers of the impact of the recall, action to be taken, and the resolution by Beckman Coulter. Customers are instructed to complete and return the enclosed Response Form within 10 days. Customers with any questions regarding this notice, are instructed to contact Customer Support Center: http://www.beckmancoulter.com/customersupport/support; call 1-800-369-0333 in the US and Canada; outside the US and Canada, contact their local Beckman Coulter Representative.
- Quantity
- 148 units total (12 units in US)
- Distribution
- US: IL, PA, NY, GA, WA, FL, SC. Affected geographies: Angola, Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Nambia, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom and Zambia
- Lot, serial or model codes
- AY20032 AZ19046 AZ12030 AY51072 AZ19047 AZ15044 AY47071 AZ15038 AY47063 AZ12033 AZ19052 AY51075 AY03004 AZ12027 AY25038
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K141932"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OYE
- Firm FEI
- 2050012
- Firm city
- Brea
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
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- 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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