Events

Recall of GE VG and VG Hawkeye and Infinia Nuclear Medicine Systems, All Brivo NM615, Discovery NM630, Optima NM/CT640 and Discovery NM/CT670 systems

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 Functional Imaging Haifa.

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
    17447
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-09-29
  • 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 updated the preventative maintenance procedure and schedule and added an additional preventative maintenance check for loose fasteners on the nuclear medicine systems.
  • Action
    Instructions for use to be updated

Device

GE VG and VG Hawkeye and Infinia Nuclear Medicine Systems, All Brivo NM615, Discovery NM630, Opti...

Manufacturer

GE Medical Systems Functional Imaging Haifa