Idylla INSTRUMENT, IVD, REF P0010 recallZ-0836-2025 · Biocartis Nv · initiated Dec 10, 2024

Open, Classified

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Why it was recalled

False-positive MSI-H results generated by the Idylla MSI Test.

FDA root cause category: Environmental control

What the company is doing

Biocartis issued an URGENT - Medical Device Correction notice to its consignees on 12/10/2024 via email. The notice provided the description of the problem, its impact, and requested the following actions be taken: 1. Until your Instrument is serviced, please move forward with the option that applies to your situation: o In case you have another Idylla Instrument available that is not affected, use that Instrument to run the Idylla MSI Test and discontinue running the Idylla MSI Test on the listed Instrument(s). o No new Idylla MSI testing should be performed using the affected Idylla Instruments. o For results already obtained using an affected Idylla Instrument, the following apply: o MSS results are VALID and may be reported. o MSI-H (Microsatellite Instability High) results with six or seven positive identified biomarkers (as depicted in the result report) are VALID and may be reported. o MSI-H results other than those with six or seven positive identified biomarkers are INVALID and should NOT be reported or used to manage patient health. Patient samples with these results should be re-tested on an Idylla Instrument that is NOT affected. 2. If you are not the Idylla user, please forward this notice to the Idylla end user or Idylla supervisor and provide Biocartis with the correct contact details for our record keeping. 3. Completion of the Acknowledgement of Receipt (Appendix 2) is required for compliance. Please complete and sign the attached Acknowledgement of Receipt form by December 17, 2024, and send it to [email protected].

Recall details

Recall number: Z-0836-2025
Status: Open, Classified
Initiated by the company: Dec 10, 2024
Posted by the FDA: Jan 10, 2025
Recalling firm: Biocartis Nv
Quantity: 8 units
Product code: OOI
Distribution: US: AL, NJ, TX, OH, CA

Product description

Idylla INSTRUMENT, IVD, REF P0010. Intended for the detection of nucleic acid targets in various types of human samples, using disposable Test-specific ldylla Cartridges.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

UDI/DI 05415219000119, Serial Numbers: 00002706, 00002820, 00003103, 00003262, 00003419, 00003434, 00003444, and 00003445.

Devices named in this recall

1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.

Idylla™ System Idylla™ Instrument
Biocartis NV · Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System
1 recall0 reports

Sources and updates

Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.

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