—#171918

Product

NM/CT 870 CZT, Model/Catalogue/Code # H3906CW Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 CZT 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 system which is intended for enabling attenuation correction and anatomical localization of SPECT images and for standalone head, whole body, cardiac and vascular X-ray Computed Tomography applications.

FDA product code: JAK — System, X-Ray, Tomography, Computed
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Radiology
510(k) numbers: K153402
Affected lot / code info: Mfg. Lot or Serial # System ID 87CY63017 SHIPPED (AO 1630621) 87CX63007 AH0101NM05 87CX63014 030078NU28 87CX63008 190020NU01 87CX63006 030240NU11 87CX63015 705743NM870 87CX63011 M4184879 87CX63003 M9886873 87CX63004 X171582003 87CX63009 M171582018 87CX63010 UC1796NU01 87CX63013 NO1068MN18 87CX63005 A004NU20 87CX63002 C028NU01 87CX63012 C028NU02 87CX63001 900010NU12

Why it was recalled

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 (FDA determination)

Device Design

Action the firm took

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.

Recalling firm

Firm: GE Healthcare, LLC
Address: 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188-1615

Distribution

Distribution pattern: US and Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2019-03-20
Terminated: 2020-10-05
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #171918. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.