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GE Signa Excite 1.5T MR System, GE Signa Excite 3.0T MR System. Model Numbers 5107849, 5107849-2, M3000PT, and M3000PW .

FDA device recall Z-2211-2008 · posted 2008-09-16 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Reason for recall
A software issue that may result in misregistration of functional and anatomical images associated with the 3.0T BrainwaveRT fMRI Application on the 3.0T Signa HDx scanner.
Action taken
A "GE Product Safety Notification" Customer letter addressed to Hospital Administrators, Managers of Radiology/Cardiology and Radiologists/Cardiologists dated September 14, 2007 was was sent to consignees. The letter described the safety issue, affected product, safety instructions, product correction and contact information. The letter instructed customers to scan only from the Superior to Inferior direction, when using BrainwaveRT with 2D T1 weighted scan. A GE Field Engineer site visit was also conducted to implement the correction (FMI No, 60745 & 60746), which enables users to scan in both Inferior to Superior and Superior to Inferior directions and have no mismap between the functional and anatomical images.
Root cause
Software design
Status
Terminated
Product code
LNH
Quantity affected
211
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution --- USA including states of AL, AZ, CA, CO , CT, FL, GA ,IA , IL, IN , KY, LA, MA , MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE , NJ, NY , OH, OR, PA, PR,SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI , and WV,
Date initiated
2007-10-01
Date posted
2008-09-16
Date terminated
2011-12-17
Location
Waukesha, WI

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