Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Bladeline Cabinet Xray system

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por GE Inspection Technologies, LP.

¿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.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    77756
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2777-2017
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2017-06-28
  • Estado del evento
    Open, Classified
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Cabinet x-ray, industrial - Product Code RCE
  • Causa
    Ge inspection technologies, lp determined that the blade|line cabinet x-ray system fails to comply with the cabinet x-ray performance standards emission limit of 0.5 milliroentgen in one hour (21 cfr ¿ 1020.40(c)(1)(i)) underneath the bottom center of the system. the crawl space affected by the excess emission is approximately 22 inches high, normally covered by decorative panels, and is not intended to be accessed.
  • Acción
    GE Inspection Technologies will bring the defect into compliance: 1. Four panels of sheet metal/lead/sheet metal construction (6 mm lead thickness) will be permanently mounted using an industrial epoxy to the inside floor of the cabinet to prevent emissions from exceeding the limit in the performance standard. A radiation emission measurement will be made following the repairs of each system to assure the issue was corrected. 2. GE will notify affected customers within 5 days of GEs receipt of this approval letter. 3. The notification will recommend that customers allow GE to visit the site and install the new shielding within 120 days following GEs receipt of this letter. 4.The text of the notification to customers will include the required statement that confirms that GE will, without charge, bring the affected cabinet x-ray systems into compliance with the performance standard. For further questions, please call (717) 447-1278.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Serial No.  TM 201317 TM 201312 TM 201323 TM 201331 TM 201401 TM 201329 TM 201404 TM 201413 TM 201414 TM 201415 TM 201424 TM 201425 158017R1
  • Clase de dispositivo
    Not Classified
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    US Distribution to the states of : AL, SC, OH, MI, PA, and Internationally to Germany and Singapore
  • Descripción del producto
    GE Inspection Technologies Blade|line Industrial Cabinet X-ray system
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    GE Inspection Technologies, LP, 50 Industrial Park Rd, Lewistown PA 17044-9312
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA