Events

Recall of SIGNA CREATOR

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE).

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
    133205
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-08-23
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The following issue is being addressed by ge healthcare file no. fmi 67921: ge healthcare has become aware of an issue involving two power monitor failures. these two failures together could result in higher than expected thermal dose to the patient and higher than expected localized heating. there have been no failures of this type reported and no injuries reported as a result of this issue.

Device

SIGNA CREATOR

Manufacturer

GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE)