CELL-DYN Ruby System: List Number: 08H6701
Medical device recall Z-1438-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 15, 2017.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 15, 2017. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 116 how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
The Pump Relay Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) used in the CELL-DYN Ruby instrument may prematurely fail and lead to instrument stoppage
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
CELL-DYN Ruby System: List Number: 08H6701; Hematology: The CELL-DYN Ruby System is a multi-parameter automated hematology analyzer designed for in-vitro diagnostic use in clinical laboratories
116, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Affected serial numbers: 70002BG 70026BG 70050BG 70076BG 70105BG 70141BG 70003BG 70028BG 70051BG 70077BG 70106BG 70142BG 70004BG 70029BG 70052BG 70079BG 70107BG 70144BG 70005BG 70030BG 70054BG 70082BG 70113BG 70146BG 70006BG 70031BG…
Every code shown here, 1,053 characters
Affected serial numbers: 70002BG 70026BG 70050BG 70076BG 70105BG 70141BG 70003BG 70028BG 70051BG 70077BG 70106BG 70142BG 70004BG 70029BG 70052BG 70079BG 70107BG 70144BG 70005BG 70030BG 70054BG 70082BG 70113BG 70146BG 70006BG 70031BG 70056BG 70084BG 70114BG 70147BG 70007BG 70032BG 70058BG 70086BG 70119BG 70149BG 70008BG 70033BG 70059BG 70087BG 70120BG 70164BG 70009BG 70034BG 70061BG 70088BG 70124BG 70165BG 70010BG 70035BG 70063BG 70089BG 70125BG 70166BG 70011BG 70036BG 70064BG 70090BG 70127BG 70167BG 70012BG 70037BG 70065BG 70091BG 70129BG 70170BG 70013BG 70038BG 70067BG 70092BG 70130BG 70171BG 70014BG 70039BG 70068BG 70093BG 70131BG 70178BG 70016BG 70040BG 70069BG 70094BG 70132BG 70181BG 70018BG 70042BG 70070BG 70095BG 70133BG 70183BG 70019BG 70043BG 70071BG 70096BG 70134BG 70189BG 70020BG 70044BG 70072BG 70099BG 70136BG 70021BG 70045BG 70073BG 70100BG 70137BG 70024BG 70046BG 70074BG 70103BG 70138BG 70025BG 70047BG 70075BG 70104BG 70140BG. UPDATE: 2-28-17 - five additional serial numbers added: 55899BG, 55900BG, 55901BG, 55902BG 55904BG.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US and Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Tanzania, Hungary, Iraq, Kenya, Netherlands, Russia, Romania Vietnam, , United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Lebanon, Mexico, Japan, Jordan, India, Indonesia, Turkey, UAE, Gaza & Jericho, Germany, Bulgaria, Chile, Argentina, Luxembourg.
These words name no state.
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Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Feb 13, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Mar 9, 2017.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 15, 2017.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 6, 2018.
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Who is recalling it?
- Abbott Laboratories, of Santa Clara, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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