International Medical Devices Database

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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
Date
2004-09-17
Event Country
France
Event Source
ANSM
Event Source URL
https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-d-un-lot-du-dmdiv-olympus-facteur-rhumatoide-de-par-la-societe-olympus
Notes / Alerts

French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
Extra notes in the data
Action
On September 16, 2004, Olympus France withdrew from the market lots 2123 (per 01.12.04), 2301 (per 01.02.05), 2532 (per 01.04.05) and 2790 (per 01.06.05). of the in vitro diagnostic medical device called Olympus / Rheumatoid factor RF - reference OSR6148, following the demonstration of a stability problem that could lead to false positive results. This device is intended for the determination of the Rheumatoid factor. in human serum and plasma on Olympus analyzers.

Device

Olympus / Rheumatoid factor RF

Model / Serial
Product Description
in-vitro_medical_device
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS France

Manufacturer

OLYMPUS France

Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
Olympus Corporation
Source
LAANSM

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Recall of Olympus / Rheumatoid factor RF

What is this?

Device

Olympus / Rheumatoid factor RF

Manufacturer

OLYMPUS France