Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Precision Rxi

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 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
    46807
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1563-2008
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2007-12-18
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2008-08-24
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-08-09
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=68299
  • 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
    Image-intensified x-ray, fluoroscopic system - Product Code JAA
  • Causa
    Ge healthcare precision rxi tilt joystick became stuck in the trendelenburg direction causing the patient to slide off the table. also recall conducted to investigate the possibility of accidentally activation of the remote console joystick where a fatal accident occurred on a non-ge remote r&f; system. .
  • Acción
    Two letters "GE Product Safety Notification" dated 12/18/07 and 3/7/08, addressed to Hospital Administrators, Manager of Radiology and Radiologists, were sent to each consignee. Each letter addressed a separate safety issue. Letters described the affected product, safety instructions, corrective action and contact information. The joystick can become stuck causing unintentional motion of the tube. Field Modification Instructions (FMI 10802/10803) have been issued to the field to install additional warning labels on the patient table, install a protector for the console joystick and inspect and correct the clearance between the console joystick and its mounting location. If your facility has a Precision RXi or Precision e system manufactured before March 2007, a GE Healthcare Field Engineer will schedule a field visit to install the added joystick protection. This upgrade will be performed at no charge. If you have any questions/concerns regarding this issue, please contact your local GE Healthcare sales or service representative.

Device

Device Recall Precision Rxi
  • Modelo / Serial
    101 103 117 121 128 132 133 135 136 152 156 160 162 164 173 178 182 184 190 194 196 201 202 209 221 228 232 235 238 240 246 250 251 252 254 259 260 261 263 264 267 268 273 275 276 281 283 289 295 297 300 302 310 322 330 331 333 342 343 347 348 351 353 354 365 367
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
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  • Descripción del producto
    GE Healthcare Precision RXi 23A/ 32A Remote X-Ray Imaging R&F; System. It is a remote analog R&F; system consisting of a tilting table with integrated spot film device, 65 kW pulsing generator and high heat capacity X-Ray tube. The system can be configured to meet a wide variety of exams for various clinical applications with ether 23 cm image intensifier with 512x512 Image Chain or 32 cm Image intensifier with either 512x512 Image Chain or 1Kx 1K Image Chain.
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare
  • Dirección del fabricante
    GE Healthcare, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    General Electric Company
  • Source
    USFDA