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Medical device recalls 2017

Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation — Class II medical device recall Z-2760-2017

Terminated recall by Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas, reported 2017-08-09, distributed nationwide. Instruments may, under certain specific circumstances listed below, fail to stop when a test is initiated and

Recall numberZ-2760-2017
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedFDA mandated
Recalling firmOlympus Scientific Solutions Americas, Waltham, MA, United States
Recall initiated2017-07-11
Classified2017-08-02
Reported by FDA2017-08-09
Terminated2023-05-03
DistributedNationwide (US)
Quantity146 units

Product

Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation (OSSA) Model: VANTA Analytical X-Ray System, X-Ray Fluorescence

Reason for recall

Instruments may, under certain specific circumstances listed below, fail to stop when a test is initiated and no sample is present (proximity shut down fails to end test).

Machine access

This record, with every extracted code, the verbatim FDA record and provenance, is available from the recall API: GET https://api.data.aroqon.com/v1/recalls/Z-2760-2017. Look up any UPC, UDI, NDC or lot with /v1/recalls/lookup?code=…. API docs · free and paid keys.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.