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GE Healthcare Voluson E8 ultrasound scanner with Software version 6.2.0 and 6.2.1 and DICOM stations with these software

FDA device recall Z-0113-2008 · posted 2007-11-07 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Ge Healthcare
Reason for recall
When a spectrum of a Pulsed Wave Doppler shows an angle correction unequal to 0 is reloaded from the archive or the image is sent to a DICOM station, this angle correction is mistakenly disregarded resulting in an underestimation of the flow velocities.
Action taken
GE Healthcare sent customer letters on July 15, 2007 to affected customers. The letter included a short term mitigation recommendation and a long-term correction. The long-term correction will be software upgrade provided free of charge to all affected customers.
Root cause
Software design
Status
Terminated
Product code
IYO
Quantity affected
521 Units
Distribution
Nationwide.
Date initiated
2007-07-06
Date posted
2007-11-07
Date terminated
2008-10-21
Location
Wauwatosa, WI

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