Events

Recall of Discovery NM 630

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
    69570
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0187-2015
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-10-14
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-12-16
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2015-02-27
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=130971
  • 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
    System, tomography, computed, emission - Product Code KPS
  • Reason
    Ge is updating the preventative maintenance procedure and schedule, and added an additional preventative maintenance check for loose fasteners on the nuclear medicaine systems. this check is being added to prevent a portion of the system falling onto the patient during a scan due to fasteners being loose that secure the camera to the gantry.
  • Action
    The firm, GE Healthcare, sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" letter, GEHC Ref# 40860, dated October 14, 2014 to its consignees. The letter described the Safety Issue, safety Instructions, Affected Product Details, Product Correction, actions to be taken and Contact Information. For questions, consignees in the United States, can contact 1-800-437-1171, for other countries they can contact their GE Healthcare Service Representative.

Device

Discovery NM 630
  • Model / Serial
    22002 619474D630 22004 618443DISC1 22007 814623D630 22010 251639D630 22012 704355D630 22013 956523D630 22017 845454D630 22018 618842DISC1 22024 601354D630 22025 773282D630 22026 813558D630 22027 941LWRNM630 22029 PRINCE630 22030 281540D630 22032 417781D630 22033 601288D630 22034 913345D630 22036 318798D630 22039 614NCH630 22040 904321DSC1 22041 317887D630 22042 318448D630 22043 JHDSV630NM 22045 217544PH630 22046 301877D630 22047 601798D630 22048 716372NM630 22049 580531NM630 22050 651DSC630 22052 205333D630 22053 618942NM630 22054 813615D630 22055 719587D630 22056 903GSD630 22057 417533D630 22058 708684D630 22059 937SNHC630 22063 707961D630 22064 918502DIS1 22065 804675D630A 22066 469814NM630 22067 978354DSV630 22068 585922NM630 22069 305596D630A 22070 956523D630 22072 POIN630 22077 816234D630 22081 808485NM630 22082 989227D630 22085 305596D630B 22087 801714D630 22088 815564D630 22091 702388VNM2 22092 760778D630 22094 269945D630 22095 843347D630 22096 201418D630 22097 319364D630B 22098 207664NM630 22099 334287NM630 22101 609978D630 22103 843797TD630 22105 319364D630A 22112 OSC630 22117 330386D630 22119 909599D630 22122 904276DSC1 22123 270417D630 22124 901226D630 22125 208455NM630 22126 409212NM630 22127 770751D630 22131 DMP630A 22132 936NMD630 22134 856355D630 22135 DMP630B 22136 605322D630 22137 775STMANM630A 22138 951303D630 22139 850862D630 22141 765447D630 22143 203384D630 22144 WH231NM630 22145 603354NM630 22148 302430NUC630 22149 229259D630 22150 910FHHOKENM630 22151 479967DSC 22156 607763DIS630 22163 262798D630 00107BH3 DZ1060NM01 22090 NM22090 22003 030359NU07 22038 030029NU05 22080 030151NU15 22073 NM22073 22074 NM22074 22118 NM22118 22120 NM22120 22130 NM22130 22051 905684D630 22114 514843AD630 22102 NM22102 22116 NM22116 22129 NM22129 22161 NM22161 00000000083BH6 EG1040NM01 22014 M4216453 22016 M4476428 22079 V6414107 22084 M45052111 22121 M2148252 22001 TP0004NU01 22011 PMAB01NU04 22023 PC3003NU01 22078 407431NU01 22089 HC0863NU02 22108 870939NU02 22109 870939NU01 22115 600791NU01 22140 HG4437NU04 22147 HC0038NU01 22107 H3001NUC01 22005 083026001113611 22133 083026200011213 22021 IE1044NM01 22022 A5384208 22031 A5812287 22035 A5131865 22086 A5366307 22044 NT1008 22071 NT3010 22104 NT3002 22110 NT3003 22111 NT3020 CZC1321LZ6 NT3001 22037 0850260134 22093 0850260125 22009 NO1035MN06 22083 RU1136NM01 22106 ZA2029NM01 22075 H002NU03 22113 O009NU09 22128 34363NUC01 22015 00001NUC11 22028 00052NUC11 22100 00271NUC10
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including Guam, Puerto Rico and DC; and countries of: ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BELRARUS, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, HUNGARY, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA,MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN,SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UKRAINE, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, VIET NAAM.
  • Product Description
    Discovery NM 630, dual detector free-geometry integrated nuclear imaging system. Models H3100RC, H3100RD, H2401LW. || Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM 630 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained healthcare professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and in assessment of organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM 630 system is a Nuclear Medicine (NM) system, which is intended to yield General Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body, using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition types and imaging features designed to enhance image quality. The scanning modes include planar mode (Static, Multi-gated, Dynamic and Whole body scanning) and tomographic mode (SPECT, Gated SPECT, Whole body SPECT). The acquisition types include single and multi-isotope/ multi peak frame/list mode single-photon imaging. The imaging-enhancement features include assortment of collimators, gating by physiological signals, and real-time automatic body contouring. The GE Discovery NM 630 system may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, components and accessories. The system may be used for patients of all ages.
  • 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