Aperio Technologies Inc: Medical Device Recall in 2013 - (Recall #: Z-1549-2013)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2013.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

Aperio ScanScope System. Aperio ScanScope Models, XT, AT, AT Turbo, CS and CSO. Automated digital slide creation and viewing device. It is intended to create and view electronic image files representative of tissue specimens fixed to glass slides.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: February 22, 2013

Date Posted: June 26, 2013

Recall Number: Z-1549-2013

Event ID: 33728

Reason for Recall:

Aperio initiated this recall because the User Guides incorrectly state the devices had been cleared for specific applications. The User Guides should state the devices are for Research Use Only and are not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: 364

Code Information:

The following serial numbers of the Aperio ScanScope systems are affected in the USA by this recall: ¿ScanScope XT ScanScope AT ScanScope ATT ScanScope es, esa 1223, 1273, 1278, 1277, 1282, 1593,1605, 1648,1657,1660, 5064,5068,5108,5155,5170,5171 1285,1286,1287,1293,1296, 1619, 1620, 1662,1663,1666, 5176,5181,5187,5196,5198,5202, 1299,1300,1301,1302,1304, 1623, 1633, 1671, 1672, 1673, 5204,5205,5233,5236,5237,5241, 1311,1312,1314,1315,1316, 1634,1635, 1676, 1678, 1679, 5244,5245,5246,5248,5253,5262, 1318,1319,1320,1321,1322, 1636, 1637, 1690, 1692, 1695, 5266,5267,5269,5270,5272,5276, 1324,1325,1327,1328,1330, 1638,1640, 1698,1700,1718 5277,5279,5283,5287,5288,5293, 1332, 1333, 1335, 1336, 1338, 1643,1645, 5294, 5295, 5302, 5307, 5308, 5309, 1339, 1340, 1342, 1343, 1345, 1649,1654, 5314,5315,5316,5317,5324,5327, 1350,1352,1357,1358,1359, 1656,1664, 5328,5329,5330,5331,5333,5334, 1366, 1368, 1369, 1370, 1372, 1686, 1687, 5336,5339,5340,5341,5345,5347, 1382,1383,1392,1394,1396, 1688, 1689, 5348,5352,5353,5356,5367,5371, 1397, 1399, 1400, 1402, 1404, 1696, 1699, 5374,5379,5381,5388,5390,5394, 1405,1407,1409,1410,1413, 1703,1705, 5396,5402,5403,5404,5405,5406, 1417,1418,1419,1420,1421, 1707, 1708, 5408,5409,5415,5416,5418,5419, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1709,1711, 5433,5440,5452,5456,5457,5459, 1436,1441,1442,1444,1445, 1714,1716, 5462,5465,5466,5467,5468,5469, 1446, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1452, 1719,1721, 5470,5473,5475,5476,5477,5478, 1453, 1454, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1723,1724, 5482,5485,5486,5489,5490,5492, 1460,1461,1466,1475,1476, 1725,1727, 5493,5504,5515,5516,5517,5518, 1481,1482,1486,1487,1490, 1728,1729, 5520, 5529, 5537, 5540, 5552, 5566, 1492, 1499, 1500, 1502, 1503, 1731,1733, 5567,5574,5578,5581,5587,5590, 1505,1506,1507,1508,1509, 1735, 1736, 5591,5592,5593 1511,1512,1514,1515,1516, 1739,1744 1517,1519,1520,1522,1523, 1525, 1527, 1528, 1532, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1540, 1542,1543,1544,1545,1546, 1547,1548,1549,1550,1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1556, 1557, 1559,1560,1563,1564,1569, 1570, 1571, 1575, 1576, 1582, 1586,1587,1588,1590,1591, 1596,1597,1611,1627

Distribution Pattern:

Nationwide Distribution - including all states, none internationally .

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated