Events

Recall of Discovery MR450, Discovery MR750, Optima MR450w, Optima MR 450w GEM, Discovery MR750w, and Discovery MR750w GEM products (Full body magnetic resonance imaging systems)

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by GE Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2014-RN-00385-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-04-03
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2014-RN-00385-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Gradient coil electromechanical connections may loosen causing an increase in resistance. the increased resistance can lead to increasing heat during scanning which, in turn, can cause material in the rear endbell enclosure to overheat, generate smoke in the scan room, and cause some localised melting of the endbell. this overheating has occurred only while units were being serviced by ge service engineers during repeated evaluation scanning. however, the issue could also occur in clinical mode.
  • Action
    While in clinical mode, If the operator is notified via user interface message that there are multiple X, Y, or Z gradient distortion faults they should monitor for smoke odours or evidence of overheating. If they detect either a smoke odour or evidence of overheating they should stop scanning immediately, remove the patient and call their GE Healthcare Service Representative. Scanning should not resume until the GE Healthcare service representative has confirmed the MRI scanner is functioning normally. GE Healthcare will correct all affected products.

Device

Discovery MR450, Discovery MR750, Optima MR450w, Optima MR 450w GEM, Discovery MR750w, and Discov...
  • Model / Serial
    Discovery MR450, Discovery MR750, Optima MR450w, Optima MR 450w GEM, Discovery MR750w, and Discovery MR750w GEM products (Full body magnetic resonance imaging systems) Multiple System IDsARTG Number: 108415
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd