Class 2 Device Recall enGen(TM) Laboratory Automation System

• Date Initiated by Firm: March 17, 2016
• Create Date: April 26, 2016
• Recall Status: Terminated on May 30, 2018
• Recall Number: Z-1569-2016
• Recall Event ID: 73616
• 510(K)Number: K063144
• Product Classification: Analyzer, chemistry (photometric, discrete), for clinical use - Product Code JJE
• Product: enGen (TM) Laboratory Automation System configured with Thermo Scientific Recapper Module (230V or 110V -- COMMON/USUAL NAME: enGen (TM) Track System -- NOTE: Outside the US the system is also known as VITROS Automation Solution (VAS) TC Automation System (configured with Thermo Scientific Recapper Module from VITROS Automation Solutions), Product Code 6844300 --- The enGen (TM) Lab Automation System is a modification to VITROS Analyzers that includes the addition of an automated track sub-system (TC Automation) for pre-analytical and post-analytical sample and data management. In addition to an Automated Track Sub-system, the enGen (TM) System includes one or more VITROS Chemistry, Immunodiagnostic and/or Integrated Systems (clinical analyzers) as well as a Data Management Subsystem (Middleware), and a Software Configuration (gsb) File. The enGen System is typically interfaced with a Laboratory Information System (LIS) via connectivity facilitated at the Data Management Subsystem level. The enGen (TM) Laboratory Automation System contains a module (i.e. enGen (TM)Laboratory Automation Recapper Module) that applies caps to the sample collection container after the sample has been aspirated. In this module, an electrical cable supplies power to the cap vibratory feeder and is supposed to be located above the vibratory feeder support plate. The cap vibratory feeder sits upon a feeder support plate. Un-capped sample containers pass underneath this support plate prior to being re-capped for storage. The Recapper Module is supplied by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
• Code Information: US Serial Numbers: JFBX395J, GBX395J, J953252, JJXBQW4J, J3RHC23J, J86PWC5J, J5LQ6Q2J, JFCM073J, J54FC01J, J5J4B45J, J7KSC15J, J4HX7S4J, JGWXQ52J, J953221, JG7BFB5J, JHPKG25J, JCXL941J, J736BM4J, JFXCBG3J; -- Foreign Serial Numbers: J89133 (VAS), JHWJZY4J, J3J4B45J, J953244, JCT20Q3J, J16XQH4J, GWJVY4J, DWX052J, J271264, J271368, J271371, J271269, J85206, J953216, DP2LF62, J7023874, J7023847, J7025017, J7024893, J7023645, J7023435, J57663, J800103, S/N 89VQ762 (VAS), J75863, J75691, J30372, J3055503, J3055496.
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics; 100 Indigo Creek Dr; Rochester NY 14626-5101
• For Additional Information Contact: Ms. Jennifer Paine; 908-218-8776
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: The electrical cable that supplies power to the cap vibratory feeder of the Recapper Module may loosen from its correct position above the vibration feeder support plate and migrate to under the support plate. If this occurs, the uncapped sample tubes may hit the cable, and sample fluid (e.g., serum) may splash from the tube and into another tube or onto the under carriage of the support plate.
• FDA Determined Cause: Component design/selection
• Action: On 3/17/2016 URGENT PRODUCT CORRECTION NOTIFICATION letter (Ref. CL2016-074, dated 3/17/2016)) was sent notifying the users of the issue and advise them of the required actions. The notification was sent via FedEx overnight courier and/ or ORTHO PLUS e-Communications and/ or US Postal Service Priority Mail (only to those consignees who provided a PO Box as an address) to all customers who received the affected product and advised them of the issue and the required actions. Foreign affiliates were informed by email on 3/17/2016 of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the issue and required actions.
• Quantity in Commerce: US: 19, Foreign: 30
• Distribution: Distributed in the states of MD, NY, ID, NC, CO, OH, PA, TN, MS, MO, CA, DE, FL, GA, AZ, NJ, and WV and the countries of Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and United Kingdom.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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• 510(K) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = JJE