Events

Recall of Panthera-Puncher 9, An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by PerkinElmer.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2014-RN-00714-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-07-03
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2014-RN-00714-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Wallac oy, a subsidiary of perkinelmer, has become aware that extended exposure to the ioniser pins of the panthera-puncher 9 can decrease the reaction signal level of assays using antibody coated microtiter plates (such as immunoassays). wallac oy's investigation has shown that uncoated plates are not affected by the phenomenon (such as enzymatic assays). the phenomenon has been determined to be localised to those wells that are located beneath or adjacent to the ioniser pins when the panthera-puncher 9 is idle or in sleep mode. the software allows the ioniser to remain active when the puncher is idle or has gone into sleep mode. the impact on health is dependant on the assay and the associated disorder the assay screens for in the dried blood spot sample.
  • Action
    PerkinElmer is advising end users to remove plates from the Panthera-Puncher 9 when not actively punching and processing samples. If plates must reside in the device the plate track hatch should be opened to disrupt power to the ioniser. A PerkinElmer Representative will contact customers to arrange for inspection. Additionally, a software update is under development that will automatically switch off the ioniser when the device is in idle. This action has been closed on 29/01/2016.

Device

Panthera-Puncher 9, An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)
  • Model / Serial
    Panthera-Puncher 9, An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)Catalogue Number: 2081-0010Serial Numbers: 20810043, 20810139 and 20810145ARTG Number: 186748
  • Manufacturer
    PerkinElmer

Manufacturer

PerkinElmer