Recall of ID-MTS Impact Pipettor (Ortho Pipettor)

DATE RECALL INITIATED:

December 21, 2001

PRODUCT / SERIAL NUMBERS

ID-MTS (Micro Typing System) Impact Pipettor, Serial Numbers:

182189	182190	182191	182192	182193	182194	182195	182196	182197
182198	182199	182200	182201	182202	182203	182204	182205	182206
182207	182208	182209	182210	182211	182212	182213	182214	182215
182216	182218	182219
182220	182221	182222	182223	182224	182225	182226	182269	182270
182271	182272	182274	182278	182227	182228	182229	182230	182231
182232	182233	182234	182235	182236	182237	182238	182239	182240
182241	182245	182246
182248	182260	182262	182263	182264	182266	182267	182268	182289
182291	182294	182302	182305	182306	182307	182309	182310	182311
182312	182316	182317	182318	182371	182372	182375	182376	182381
182242	182243	182244
182390	182392	182421	182427	182429	182432	182440	182441	182443
182446	182448	182449	182450	182460	182461	182474	182475	182482
182487	182492	182495	182498	182509	182510	182511	182512	182513

MANUFACTURER:

Matrix Technologies Corp
Hudson, NH

DISTRIBUTOR:

Micro-Typing Systems, Inc (MTS) Pompano Beach, FL

REASON:

Matrix has found that there is a possibility of motor system failure in this hand held pipetting instrument. The failure is characterized by out of specification volume delivery for the 10ul, 25ul, and 50ul volumes. MTS has reviewed the possible degree of error claimed by Matrix and determined that the error could potentially cause a false negative result on some of the ID-MTS gel test cards. Therefore, the use of these pipettors should be discontinued with ID-MTS gel cards, as well as with any other diagnostic tests that they may be used with in the laboratory. Matrix is in the process of determining the root cause of the motor failure and is requesting that all identified pipettors be returned to the distributor for evaluation and repair.