Company: Beckman Coulter Mishima K.K
Date of Enforcement Report: 9/30/2026
Class: II

PRODUCT:

Systems/units containing affected software/SQL BECKMAN COULTER CHEMISTRY ANALYZER AU480 REF / UDI-DI code: B96692 / 14987666542965 B96693 / 14987666542972 B12183 / 14987666540671 The AU480 Chemistry Analyzer measure analytes in samples, in combination with appropriate reagents, calibrators, quality control (QC) material, and other accessories. This system is for in vitro diagnostic use only.

Recall Number:

Z-3332-2026

REASON:

Certain AU480 chemistry analyzers, with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC PCs, may output the message System Stopped By Fatal Error: DBConnectionError AlarmDB when launching the instrument software, using PC pre-installed with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Express. When this occurs, AlarmDB becomes unreadable and the instrument software cannot be started. This causes a delay in obtaining patient results

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER:

9/30/2026

VOLUME:

492 units

DISTRIBUTION:

Worldwide – U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, NC, NM, NY, OK, PA, SD, TX, and WI. The countries of Algeria, Australia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Latvia, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Taiwan, Province of China, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Viet Nam