Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de GE Ultrasound ViewPoint 6

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
    65880
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2098-2013
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-08-07
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2013-08-27
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2014-04-25
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=120684
  • 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, image processing, radiological - Product Code LLZ
  • Causa
    Ge has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to the incorrect calculation of the pulsatility index value (piv) for venous flow measurements associated with obstetric reporting of the ge viewpoint 6 system. the viewpoint calculated doppler piv for veins could be incorrect. an incorrect calculation of the ductus venosus piv could lead to false high risk for trisomy 13, 18, and 21,.
  • Acción
    GE Healthcare sent An Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated August 7, 2013 to all affected customers. The letter described the affected product, problem and instructed customers to discontinue use of venous PIV for making any and all clinical decisions. The letter informed customers that a GE service engineer will install a correction at no cost. For questions contact your local GE Healthcare Representative or call 877-644-3114 (US) and 49 (0)8153-9311-11(Europe/Asia)

Device

GE Ultrasound ViewPoint 6
  • Modelo / Serial
    software versions 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.3, and 6.3.1
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide including Puerto Rico and the countries of: ANDORRA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA, FINLAND, GERMANY, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAQ, ITALY, JAPAN, KUWAIT, MALAYSIA, Norway, OMAN, PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED, POLAND, PORTUGAL, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, and UNITED KINGDOM.
  • Descripción del producto
    GE Ultrasound ViewPoint 6. || Product Usage: ViewPoint is intended to be used in medical practices and in clinical departments and serves the purposes of diagnostic interpretation of images, electronic documentation of examinations in the form of text and images and generation of medical reports primarily for diagnostic ultrasound. ViewPoint provides the user the ability to including images, drawings, and charts into medical reports. ViewPoint is designed to accept, transfer, display, calculate, store and process medical images and data, and enables the user to measure and annotate the images. The medical images, which ViewPoint displays to the user, can be used for diagnostic purposes. ViewPoint is intended for professional use only. ViewPoint is not intended to be used as an automated diagnosis system.
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare, LLC

Manufacturer

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