Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T MR SYSTEM - MAIN UNIT

Según Health Canada (via FOI), este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Canada que fue producido por GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE).

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    42393
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    II
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2017-01-23
  • País del evento
    Canada
  • Fuente del evento
    HC
  • Notas / Alertas
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    Potential safety issue with the patient bore heating on the discovery mr450 narrow bore 1.5t mri. in the event of a rf component failure typically happening after extended system use a small area on the bore surface may become warmer than normal. if this happens in an area where there is patient contact with the bore and proper padding is not used it may cause a serious burn.

Device

DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T MR SYSTEM - MAIN UNIT
  • Modelo / Serial
    Model Catalog: DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T MR SYSTEM (Lot serial: 00001101XF5028); Model Catalog: DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T MR SYSTEM (Lot serial: 00000944BD616B); Model Catalog: DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T MR SYSTEM (Lot serial: 000000000R7320); Model Catalog: DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T MR SYSTEM (Lot serial: 000000000R7149)
  • Descripción del producto
    Discovery MR450 narrow bore 1.5T MRI
  • Manufacturer
    GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE)

Manufacturer

GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE)