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Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Recalls
6 recalls on record · August 12, 2015 to August 9, 2017 · Medical Devices
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August 9, 2017Medical DevicesFDA
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas recalls Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation ( OSSA ) Model: VANTA Analytical X-Ray System, X-Ray Fluorescence
Hazard: 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).
February 8, 2017Medical DevicesFDA
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas recalls Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation ( OSSA ) VANTA¿ XRF Analyzer. Model Vanta VCR and Vanta VMR Analyti
Hazard: It was discovered under rare circumstances the LED warning light circuit could fail. If this happens, while the instrument is emitting X-rays during at test, the LED warning lights will not illuminate. The test runs normally and will execute as before, but the light will not be on.
December 14, 2016Medical DevicesFDA
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas recalls Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation ( OSSA ) Model: VANTA Analytical X-Ray System
Hazard: Possible unintentional x-ray emission after users attempt early termination of the sequence.
August 10, 2016Medical DevicesFDA
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas recalls Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation ( OSSA ) Model: Analytical X-Ray System X -Ray Fluorescence. Inten
Hazard: Trigger lock option does not always prevent x-ray generation. Specifically if the unit is in test mode or repeat test mode then the trigger lock may not prevent x-ray initiation when the trigger is pulled. The correction is via repair by a software update.
March 2, 2016Medical DevicesFDA
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas recalls Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation ( OSSA ) Delta XRF Analyzer . This is a Analytical X-ray system
Hazard: The Firm has discovered a Software bug.
August 12, 2015Medical DevicesFDA
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas recalls Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Analytical X-ray System. Delta, Delta Element, Delta Plus, DPO-4000-XX-U-EN-EN-P
Hazard: Higher than published scatter around the probe head when testing some samples. At the point the customer would interact directly with the instrument (Trigger position), most readings were lower. However, measurements around the probe head were higher particularly on samples know to be highly scattering (plastics, soils) with minimal increases on high density samples (steel, aluminum).