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Z-1262-2019Class II

Nm/ct 850

GE Healthcare / initiated 2019-03-20 / Terminated / root cause: design

GE Healthcare, LLC began a recall of NM/CT 850 Product Usage: The GE NM/CT 850 system is intended for general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the... on . FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector mounting design...". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as design.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-1262-2019
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Product
NM/CT 850 Product Usage: The GE NM/CT 850 system is intended for general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body. It includes a general purpose Nuclear Medicine system using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition types, and a Computed Tomography component which is intended specifically for enabling attenuation correction and anatomical localization of SPECT images.
Product code
JAK System, X-Ray, Tomography, Computed
Reason for recall
During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector mounting design redundancy.
Root cause tag
design
FDA root cause
Device Design
Action
GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated March 20, 2019 to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. GE Healthcare will inspect and, if required, correct all affected products at no cost to you to ensure that all design redundancies are in place. A GE Healthcare representative will contact you to arrange for the correction. For questions contact GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or your local Service Representative.
Quantity in commerce
31 units
Distribution
US and Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Product codes and lots
Mfg. Lot or Serial # System ID Model, Catalogue or Code # 85EX67018 4740081NM11 H3907AD 85EX67001 203789NM850 H3907AD 850X61005 319768NMCT H3907AD 850Y61006 319768NMH988 H3907AD 85EX67022 847618NM H3907AD 85EX67019 773975NMCT H3907AD 85EX67008 779696NM850 H3907AD 85EX67017 318212NM H3907AD 85EX67012 781729NM H3907AD 85EX67015 SHIPPED (AO 1623723) H3907AD 85EX67020 SHIPPED (GON 4745963) H3907AD 85EX67023 SHIPPED (GON 4704278) H3907AD 85EX67024 SHIPPED (GON 4710759) H3907AD 85EY67025 SHIPPED (AO 1638499) H3907AD 85EY67026 SHIPPED (AO 1638498) H3907AD 85EY67028 SHIPPED (AO 1638502) H3907AD 85EX67009 513732NM 5782013 85EX67002 419289D850 H3907AD 85EX67016 972969NM H3907AD 85EX67004 571472NM850 H3907AD 85EX67021 SHIPPED (GON 4640067) H3907AD 85EX67010 804289NM850A H3907AD 85EX67011 804281NM850A H3907AD 85EX67005 715717NMCT H3907AD 85EX67013 920456NM H3907AD 850X61004 030601NU06 H3907AD 850X61002 NS0001 H3907AD NT3BG1900001BH NS0401 5376204-50-1 85EX67003 PL1692NM05 H3907AD 85EX67014 PPR59076 H3907AD 850Y61007 SK1082NM02 H3907AD

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-1262-2019
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-1257-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1258-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1259-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1260-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1261-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1262-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1263-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1264-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1265-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-1266-2019Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated