Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de GE Healthcare Discovery RX (16 slice) PET/CT 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 Healthcare, 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
    57193
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0945-2011
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2010-10-27
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2011-02-07
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-07-13
  • 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
    Computed Tomography X-Ray System - Product Code JAK
  • Causa
    Although the system x-ray output is accurate for the technique factors given, and the dose display is also accurate, certain ctdi adjustment factors used for the manual calculation from the technical reference manual (trm) are incorrect. ctdi100 aperture adjustment factors for 4x0.625 mode contain incorrect values. this issue may lead to inaccurate ctdi manual calculation. the results of the diffe.
  • Acción
    An Important Electronic Product Radiation Warning letter will be provided together with the TRM addendum informing the customers of the issue and related hazards. The letter also identified the affected product and gave instructions, which include referring to the TRM addendum, along with the product correction. This correction will be executed via a Field Modification Instruction IFMI 254281 released in November, 2010 with an estimated completion date of May, 2011. Questions or concerns should be directed to the call numbers listed or a local GE Healthcare Service Representative for countries not listed.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Technical Reference Manual numbers 2351785-xxx and 2390935-xxx.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution
  • Descripción del producto
    GE Healthcare Discovery RX (16 slice) PET/CT System; Discovery RX (16 Slice) PET/CT Systems with technical Reference Manual numbers 2351785-xxx and 2390935-xxx distributed from November 2001 to August 2010. || Head and whole body X-ray computed tomography applications.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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