Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Sopha Medical Vision DST / DSTXL Nuclear Cameras

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 General Electric Med 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
    33832
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0105-06
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2005-10-28
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2006-12-26
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=42516
  • 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, Tomography, Computed, Emission - Product Code KPS
  • Causa
    Cracked welds on the main rotation shaft could potentially lead to the collapse of the gantry yokes that support the detectors if the system is continued to be used after the weld has completely fractured.
  • Acción
    GE Healthcare issued an Urgent Safety Notice, dated 07/22/05, to all affected sites. This letter describes the potential hazard, its waring signs and the additional corrective actions that will be taken by GE Healthcare.

Device

Sopha Medical Vision DST / DSTXL Nuclear Cameras
  • Modelo / Serial
    Cameras affected by this safety notice are labeled with the SOPHA MEDICAL logo. STATIF DST and STATIF DST-XL model 100, serial numbers 001-264. The label is located on the inner side of the gantry cover. All affected cameras were manufactured prior to 1997 by Sopha Medial (SMV), which was subsequently acquired by GE Healthcare in 2000.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Within the US to include: AL, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WI and WV. OUS to include: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sinapore, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
  • Descripción del producto
    Sopha Medical Vision DST / DST-XL Digital vatiable angle Nuclear Imaging System
  • Manufacturer
    General Electric Med Systems LLC

Manufacturer

General Electric Med Systems LLC
  • Dirección del fabricante
    General Electric Med Systems LLC, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Source
    USFDA