Events

Recall of Device Recall CARESCAPE Monitor B850, B650 or B450

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by GE Healthcare, 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
    68569
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2085-2014
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-06-13
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-07-21
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2016-09-07
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=128234
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Monitor, physiological, patient(with arrhythmia detection or alarms) - Product Code MHX
  • Reason
    Partial loss of monitoring with the carescape monitor b850, b650 or b450. when connecting the pdm (patient data module) to the carescape b850, b650 or b450 monitor with software version 2 the pdm may not start communicating to the monitor and loss of the pdm parameters could occur.
  • Action
    Consignees were sent on 6/13/2014 a GE Healthcare "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter #36103, 36104 and 36105 dated June 6, 2014. The letter was addressed to Healthcare Administrator / Risk Manger, Chief of Nursing and Director of Biomedical Engineering. The letter described the Safety Issue, Safety Instructions, Affected Products Details, Product Correction and Contact Information. Consignees were advised to contact Technical Support at 800-558-7044 in regard to questions on this recall.

Device

Device Recall CARESCAPE Monitor B850, B650 or B450
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Classification
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution: US nationwide, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, TURKEY, TAIWAN, SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, SPAIN, SOUTH AFRICA, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, SINGAPORE, SERBIA, SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ROMANIA, REUNION, QATAR, PORTUGAL, POLAND, PHILIPPINEs, PARAGUAY, PANAMA, NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, MYANMAR, MOROCCO, MEXICO, MALAYSIA, LITHUANIA, LEBANON, LATVIA, JORDAN, JAPAN, JAMAICA, ITALY, ISRAEL, IRELAND, IRAQ, INDONESIA, INDIA, ICELAND, HUNGARY, GREECE, GIBRALTAR, GERMANY, FRANCE, FINLAND, ESTONIA, EGYPT, ECUADOR, DENMARK, CZECH REPUBLIC, CYPRUS, CROATIA, CHILE, BRUNEI, BERMUDA, BELGIUM, BANGLADESH, AUSTRIA, AUSTRALIA.
  • Product Description
    GE Healthcare, CARESCAPE Monitor B850, B650 or B450. Patient Monitor.
  • Manufacturer
    GE Healthcare, LLC

Manufacturer

GE Healthcare, LLC
  • Manufacturer Address
    GE Healthcare, LLC, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    General Electric Company
  • Source
    USFDA