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Z-1822-2008

GE Healthcare Definium 8000 Digital Radiographic System. Formerly GE Healthcare Revolution XR/d with...

GE Healthcare / initiated 2008-03-07 / Terminated / root cause: software

GE Healthcare began a recall of GE Healthcare Definium 8000 Digital Radiographic System. Formerly GE Healthcare Revolution XR/d with Tomosynthesis on . The reason FDA records is "Loss of image data: Software anomaly in the Processing Software on the Definium 8000 system may impact patient safety when using the VolumeRAD advanced application (option). The slice visualization of VolumeRAD exams...". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-1822-2008
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Product
GE Healthcare Definium 8000 Digital Radiographic System. Formerly GE Healthcare Revolution XR/d with Tomosynthesis.
Product code
KPR System, X-Ray, Stationary
Reason for recall
Loss of image data: Software anomaly in the Processing Software on the Definium 8000 system may impact patient safety when using the VolumeRAD advanced application (option). The slice visualization of VolumeRAD exams acquired on the Wallstand receptor will be offset by 17mm. This prevents the visualization of anatomy WITHIN a distance of 17mm from the wallstand patient barrier (receptor cover).
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Software design
Action
GE sent a Product Safety Notification, dated March 7, 2008, to all customers. The letter described the safety issue, products affected, and stated that a GE Healthcare Field Engineer will schedule a visit to each facility to install a software modification.
Quantity in commerce
127
Distribution
Worldwide distribution: USA, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden.
Product codes and lots
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