Events

Recall of GE 3.0T MRI Scanners

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by GE Medical Systems LLC.

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
    19151
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-09-17
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: GE Healthcare Limited, 8 Tangihua Street, Auckland 1010
  • Reason
    Ge healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue when performing head or neck scans on 3.0t mr scanners. the currently displayed head specific absorption rate (sar) values could be lower than the actual sar in the head as predicted by sar modeling. the predicted head sar value from the modeling suggests the actual sar in the head could exceed iec60601-2-33 limit of 3.2 w/kg for some scans.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

GE 3.0T MRI Scanners
  • Model / Serial
    Model: Discovery MR750w 3.0T, Discovery MR750 3.0T, SIGNA PET/MR 3.0T, SIGNA HDxt 3.0T, SIGNA HDx 3.0T, SIGNA HD 3.0T, SIGNA Excite 3.0T, SIGNA 3.0T, Affected: All units
  • Manufacturer
    GE Medical Systems LLC

Manufacturer

GE Medical Systems LLC