Events

Recall of cobas e 801 module

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Roche Diagnostics Corporation.

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
    79805
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2136-2018
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-04-03
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=163480
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Analyzer, chemistry (photometric, discrete), for clinical use - Product Code JJE
  • Reason
    The syringe plunger on the device may be mounted in a tilted position, which applies mechanical stress to the plunger. in the worst case scenario, the plunger may crack leading to impaired syringe function.
  • Action
    On April 3, 2018, The Firm sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter via UPS Ground. Consignees were notified of the possible failure. Consignees were informed that a Roche representative would contact them to install a syringe plunger guide for the affected syringes to resolve the issue. In the meantime, consignees were instructed to only measure assays that do not require prewash steps and assays that are not impacted by missing prewash step until the syringe plunger guide is installed on the affected module. If the customer identifies broken syringe plungers on their device, the notice instructed them to contact the Roche Support Network Customer Support Center at 1-800-428-2336, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customers were asked to complete a customer response form and return it to the firm.

Device

cobas e 801 module
  • Model / Serial
    Serial numbers: 1744-08 1744-09 1744-10 1758-08 1606-09 1752-05 1752-06 1630-08 1738-01 1744-07 1758-09 1759-04 1758-06 1758-07 1743-09 1743-10 1752-04 1759-05 17C5-06 17C5-07 1615-08 1612-10 17C5-09 1744-05 1744-06 1743-07 1743-08 1744-03 1744-04 1759-06 17C5-05 17C5-08 17C5-10 17C6-01 17C6-02
  • Product Classification
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Device Class
    1
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    US Distribution to the states of : CA, CT, IA, IN, KY, ME, MI, NC, NY, OH, SC, TX, and VA.
  • Product Description
    cobas e 801 immunoassay analyzer, cobas 8000 Modular Series || The device is a fully automated, software controlled analyzer system for in vitro determination of analytes in human body fluids. It is part of the cobas 8000 modular analyzer series. It uses electrochemiluminescent technology for signal generation and measurement.
  • Manufacturer
    Roche Diagnostics Corporation

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics Corporation
  • Manufacturer Address
    Roche Diagnostics Corporation, 9115 Hague Rd, Indianapolis IN 46256-1025
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Roche Holding AG
  • Source
    USFDA