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Z-2125-2012Class II

OEC 9800 Plus Digital; MDL number A349855

GE Healthcare / initiated 2007-03-27 / Terminated / root cause: software

GE OEC Medical Systems, Inc began a recall of OEC 9800 Plus Digital; MDL number A349855. Product Usage: Is designed to provide fluoroscopic and spot-film imaging of the patient during diagnostic, surgical... on . FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Please be aware that this is not a new recall. The firm has taken action; but, due to administrative issues this recall is now being classified by the Agency. GE OEC had discovered an issue with the hard disk drives...". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-2125-2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Product
OEC 9800 Plus Digital; MDL number A349855. Product Usage: Is designed to provide fluoroscopic and spot-film imaging of the patient during diagnostic, surgical and interventional procedures. Clinical applications may include cholangiography, endoscopic, urologic, orthopedic, neurologic, vascular, cardiac, critical care and emergency room procedures. The system may be used for other imaging applications at the physician's discretion.
Product code
IZL System, X-Ray, Mobile
Reason for recall
Please be aware that this is not a new recall. The firm has taken action; but, due to administrative issues this recall is now being classified by the Agency. GE OEC had discovered an issue with the hard disk drives that were installed on OEC device models: UroView 2800; 9800 Plus Digital; MiniView 6800; and FlexiView 8800 Mobile C-Arm. The devices were manufactured between October 15, 2004 and
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Software design
Action
Please be aware that this is not a new recall. The firm has taken action; but, due to administrative issues this recall is now being classified by the Agency. GE OEC sent an Urgent Safety Advisory Notices dated October 11, 2006 and February 21, 2007 via certified mail delivery letter to affected customers. The notices identified the affected products, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were informed that a GEHC OEC field service engineer would be contacting their facility to arrange to have a replacement hard disk drive installed on the affected system(s). Customers were instructed to ensure that images on the hard disk drive were stored via an alternate permanent media as the hard disk drive approaches the 170 image capacity until a GEHC OEC field service engineer had replaced the drive. For questions regardiug this issues contact the service team at 800-874-7378.
Quantity in commerce
Part of a total of 82 units distributed.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) and the countries of: Canada, France, Japan, and China.
Product codes and lots
62-0212 , 69-0054 , 82-0023-RC , 82-0034 , 82-0072 , 82-0274 , 82-0587, 8S-0668 , 82-1710 , 82-1803 , 82-2147 , 82-2620 , 82-2754 , 82-2815 , 82-3014 , 82-3234 , 82-7010-MH , 86-0254 , 86-0354 , 86-1078 , 89-0505 , 89-0509 , 89-0595 , 89-0605 , 89-0987 , 89-1048 , 89-1776 , 89-1837 , 89-2132 , 89-2303 , 89-2335 , 89-2348 , 89-2350 , 89-2610 , 89-2645 , 8S-0066 , 8S-0079 , 8S-0341 , 8S-0562 , 8S-0615-C , 8S-0847 , 8S-0849-C , 8S-1312 , 8S-1971 , 8S-2015-N , 8S-2116 , 8S-2117 , 8S-2199 , 8S-2204 , 8S-2320 , 8S-2411 , P4-0097-R , P4-0101-R , P4-0325-R , P4-0346-L , P4-0477-L , P6-0432-R , W2-0012 , W2-0580-R , W2-0591-R , 82-0030

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-2125-2012
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-2125-2012Class IITerminatedFDA Mandated
Z-2126-2012Class IITerminatedFDA Mandated
Z-2127-2012Class IITerminatedFDA Mandated