Beckman Coulter Mishima K.K.: Systems/units containing affected software/SQL BECKMAN COULTER CHEMISTRY ANALYZER AU480 REF / UDI-DI code: B96692 / 14987666542965 B9669

Company / brand

Beckman Coulter Mishima K.K.

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.

Reason / hazard

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.

Classification

Class II

Status

Ongoing

Distribution / sold at

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.

Recall initiated

2026-08-03

Code info

Products containing affected software: Item Numbers / UDI-DI codes: Item Number: B96692 UDI-DI code: 14987666542965 Item Number: B96693 UDI-DI code: 14987666542972 Item Number: B12183 UDI-DI code: 14987666540671 Item Number: N3151400 UDI-DI code: Due to the age of the device and the fact that it has exceeded its storage period, the UDI number is not available.)

Product quantity

492 units

Voluntary mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

City

Sunto-Gun

Country

Japan

Event id

99588

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