Recall
ACCELERATOR APS Centrifuge Module (Hettich Robotic centrifuge); List Number: 07L02-01; manufactured by Inpecco SpA, Segrate (MI), Italy.
Abbott Laboratories, Inc · 9 Sept 2008
- Status
- Recall terminated
- Why, in the FDA's words
- “ACCELERATOR APS Centrifuge Module being recalled due to potential for micro-cracks to form over time in the metal centrifuge rotor buckets that may cause the centrifuge buckets to disconnect from the rotor in the centrifuge during centrifugation.”
- Recall began
- 9 Sept 2008
- Company
- Abbott Laboratories, Inc
- Device type
- Product code (JQP)
What it means
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The record
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