Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System Nuclear uptake probe… — Class II medical device recall Z-2312-2012
Terminated recall by Capintec Inc, reported 2012-09-12, distributed nationwide. Customers who received a Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System with Software Revisions 1.22, 1.23, 1.24,
| Recall number | Z-2312-2012 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Capintec Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2012-07-24 |
| Classified | 2012-09-05 |
| Reported by FDA | 2012-09-12 |
| Terminated | 2013-12-10 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AR, BE, BR, CA, CN, ES, GR, HK, IL, IN, KR, MY, PH, TH, TR |
| Quantity | 256 |
| Reason classes | software |
| Model numbers | 5430-0075 |
Product
Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System Nuclear uptake probe intended to be used by trained Nuclear Medicine Technologists to perform thyroid uptake procedures, which consist of the measurement of organ uptake and circulating radioactivity.
Reason for recall
Customers who received a Capintec Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System with Software Revisions 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, and 1.26 may encounter an error while using the thyroid uptake protocol ?Measure Liquid and Subtract Residual." This protocol was a new feature added to Software Revision 1.22 in January 2011. The error occurs only if the user does NOT measure the residual dose immediately after me
Machine access
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