FDA Recall: Software error may lead to incorrect diagnosis or error in patient management.

Company: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Date of Enforcement Report: 10/30/2025
Class: II

PRODUCT:

CellMek SPS Sample Preparation System, REF: C44603. Software versions 2.2.122.0 and prior, and Instructions for Use (IFU) revisions AD and prior. These CellMek devices include Cassette E.

Recall Number:

Z-0412-2026

REASON:

Automated pipetting, diluting and specimen processing workstations for flow cytometric analysis device instructions for use list incorrect dead volumes: Cassette Type/List volume/correct volume, B/750/1582 microliters, and E/1300/2093 microliters. Device software does not rock Cassette E, used with 15mmX92mm Sarstedt tubes. May lead to incorrect diagnosis or error in patient management/treatment.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER:

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

VOLUME:

108 units

DISTRIBUTION:

Worldwide – US Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NY, OR, TN, UT, WA and the countries Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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