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Recall of Device Recall GE Innova

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Datex - Ohmeda, 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
    49538
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1522-2008
  • Event Initiated Date
    2008-05-19
  • Event Date Posted
    2008-09-30
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2016-06-30
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=73765
  • 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
    Solid State X-Ray Imager - Product Code MQB
  • Reason
    Ge healthcare has become aware of a potential condition that may impact operator or patient safety. one customer has reported that inability to terminate x-ray exposure after releasing the hand switch control (located in the control room).
  • Action
    An Urgent Medical Device Correction letter, dated June 2008 was sent to customers The letter described the issue, affected products and provided short term user recommendations. GE developed a new software release that corrects this condition and will launch the corrective action to upgrade all affected systems.

Device

Device Recall GE Innova
  • Model / Serial
    Systems id: 77573841, 80158241, 910063039, 3018774100, 4103374100, 4438494100, 5134754100, 5138534100, 6029234100, 8159374100, 8595724100, 9408984100, 82406010011, 082416130011, 82416130012, 00095VAS07, 205759CL2, 216844INNOVA, 229228INNOV41V, 229434INNOV, 239436CATH1, 251435ICV5, 304255INNOVA, 304347INNOVA, 315448RM4, 315448RM5, 319338VA4100, 325670CATH, 337981INNOVA, 352333VASC, 352376SP, 352401CATH, 352401VASC, 407518SP2, 407518SP3, 407SPECIALS, 414961INN4100, 478633INOV, 508856OR41, 515263IL4100, 516562INNOVA4, 573632CRA, 573761SMA, 574535IN41, 600050VA01, 6012884100SP1, 606833INNOVA, 609652CATH3, 614293LIBERTY1, 614293LIBERTY2, 704487CR41, 706802FINN, 715369INN4100, 717763INNOVA41, 717763OR4100, 718518CVL1, 724656ANG, 727725SPEC1, 727819SPSC, 740592INNOVA, 757398INNOVA, 757736INNOVA, 803329CL41, 804320CATH2B, 804594CATH, 812279INNOVA1, 813972INTV, 816276SP1, 817255NH4100, 828696IN41, 865541CCL5, 865693CCL3, 901726SP2, 903CSM4100, 904276SP, 906485ANGIO, 918307SHIN4, 941483INNOVA41, 956632INN4100, A5630803, B5801711, BE5005VA01, BY4020VA01, RU1018VA03, SA1188VA03, SLIN4100, YV0003.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - AL, AZ, CA, FL,, GA, HI, IA,IL, IN, KY, LA,MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, and WV, Puerto Rico. OUS to include: Australia, Byelarus, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.
  • Product Description
    GE Healthcare Innova 4100 Digital Fluoroscopic Imaging (Cardiovascular Imaging System
  • Manufacturer
    Datex - Ohmeda, Inc

Manufacturer

Datex - Ohmeda, Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Datex - Ohmeda, Inc, Po Box 7550, Madison WI 53707
  • Source
    USFDA