—#171920

Product

Optima NM/CT 640 Product Usage: The GE Optima NM/CT 640 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 (NM) system using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition types, and a CT component which is intended specifically for enabling attenuation correction and anatomical localization on SPECT studies.

FDA product code: JAK — System, X-Ray, Tomography, Computed
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Radiology
510(k) numbers: K121019
Affected lot / code info: Mfg. Lot or Serial # System ID Model, Catalogue or Code # ONMX26520 714456OPT1 5474055 ONMX26518 408559O640 H3100JZ ONMX26529 408559O640 H3100JZ ONMX26528 970298NM 5474055 ONMX26537 303425O640 5474055 ONMX26538 303689O640 5474055 ONMX26539 970298NM1 5474055 ONMX26519 860358O640 H3100JZ ONMX26530 302430NUC640 H3100JZ ONMX26512 515699NM1 H3100JZ ONMX26503 630933NM6402 H3100JZ ONMX26513 316962NM640 H3100JZ ONMX26511 443777NM 5474055 ONMX26542 301315NMOPTIMA H3100JZ ONMX26510 906225NMCT H3100JZ ONMX26514 4695537NM11 H3100JZ ONMX26507 RMCOPTIMA H3100JZ ONMX26515 701239NM640B 5474055 ONMX26534 402473OPT640 H3100JZ 64GX51001 SHIPPED (GON 4562299) H3101RL 64GY51006 SHIPPED (AO 1635868) H3101RL 64GY51007 SHIPPED (GON 4562663) H3101RL ONMX26544 740593OPT640 H3100JZ ONMX26531 614MCMN640 5474055 ONMX26517 513870NM640 H3100JZ ONMX26524 614GCNM6402 5474055 ONMX26527 614GCNM640 H3100JZ ONMX26546 605347NM640 H3100JZ ONMX26516 469993NM H3100JZ ONMX26476 608263OPT640 H3100JZ ONMX26480 403529D640 H3100JZ ONMX26502 4534444NM12 H3100JZ ONMX26536 HR4052NM03 H3100JZ ONMX26521 NTE042 H3100JZ ONMX26525 ZA2719CT01 H3100JZ

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 #171920. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.