Events

Recall of Kodak DirectView DR7500 System with Full Featured Wall Stand

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Carestream Health Inc.

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
    15782
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-12-03
  • 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: Carestream Health New Zealand Ltd, c/- Quigg Partners, Level 7, 28 Brandon St, Wellington
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has received 3 reports (one in australia and two in the united states) where the wall stand (bucky) continued its downward movement despite the radiographer/operator releasing the motorised ws keypad button which controls the downward movement.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

Kodak DirectView DR7500 System with Full Featured Wall Stand

Manufacturer

Carestream Health Inc
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    ONEX Corp
  • Source
    NZMMDSA