Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall CT/e and HiSpeed X/i computed Tomography systems

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 Medical Systems, LLC.

¿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
    50528
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2224-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2008-12-01
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-09-18
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2016-01-27
  • 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
    System, x-ray, tomography, computed - Product Code JAK
  • Causa
    During internal testing, ge healthcare has recently determined that the collimator used on our ct/e and hispeed x/i families of computed tomography systems does not comply with the specific requirements in united states title 21 of the code of federal regulations, and iec 60601-1-3, related to leakage radiation from the diagnostic source assembly, which includes the collimator. the excess leak.
  • Acción
    GE Healthcare issued an "Important - Electronic Product Radiation Warning" to affected customers. GE Healthcare field service representative will perform a field corrective action on all affected units. All potential users of the device should be made aware of the notification and the information contained. For further information, contact GE Healthcare at 1-800-437-1171 (US) or by contacting your local GE Healthcare service manager.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- UNITED STATES (AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, LMN, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, PR,SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV and WI), ALGERIA, ANTIGUA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINIA, BRAZIL BULGARIA, BYELORUSSIAN, CAMERON, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK , DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, GUATEMALA, GUYANA, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, IVORY COST, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LITHUANIA, , MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MARTINIQUE, MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN F=FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAK IA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND , SYRIA ARAB REPUBLIC, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TUNISIA, TURKEY,, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, YEMEN and YUGOSLAVIA.
  • Descripción del producto
    GE Healthcare CT/e and HiSpeed X/i, families of computed tomography Systems with Gantry. || The CT/e and HiSpeed X/i families CT Scanner Systems are indicated for head and whole body X-ray Computed Tomography applications.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    GE Medical Systems, LLC, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA