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Event 71928

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 27, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Leica Microsystems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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The Leica ASP6025 Tissue Processor. Pathology and Hematology Departments. The Leica ASP6025 Tissue Processor is an automated system used to process tissue specimens for examination through fixation, dehydration and infiltration.

Z-2804-2015
Recall number
Z-2804-2015
Initiated
July 27, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Leica Microsystems, Inc.
Quantity
U.S. Quantity Distributed: 163 systems; Foreign Quantity Diistributed: 410 systems.

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The ASP6025 Tissue Processor instrument is incorrectly getting into a state of bottle empty during retort filling, after passing the fill lever sensor 2 and prior to reaching level sensor 3, thus not completing a 5 litre fill.

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Reason for recall

The ASP6025 Tissue Processor instrument is incorrectly getting into a state of bottle empty during retort filling, after passing the fill lever sensor 2 and prior to reaching level sensor 3, thus not completing a 5 litre fill.

Code information

Product Code: Leica ASP6025 Serial Numbers: 163, 169, 200-729, 731, 733, 735, 737, 739, 741, 743, 745, 747, 749, 751, 753, 755, 757, 759, 761, 763, 765, 767, 769, 771, 773, 775, 777, 779, 781, 783, 785, 787, 789, 791, 793, 795, 797, 799, 801, 803, 805, 807, 809, 811.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US including AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH,PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV and District of Columbia. Foreign distribution to United Arab Emirates, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic , Germany, Spain, France, England, Georgia, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Myanmar, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherland, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, and South Africa.

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