Events

Recall of Hitachi Echelon Oval MRI system

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Hitachi Medical Systems America 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
    68758
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2564-2014
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-08-18
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-09-02
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2015-09-14
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=128607
  • 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, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging - Product Code LNH
  • Reason
    The gradient coil was found to have a failure mode that allowed it to overheat and become a burn hazard.
  • Action
    Letters will be sent to customers. Hatachi Serivce will be sent to each site to exchange the Gradient Coil Assembly.

Device

Hitachi Echelon Oval MRI system
  • Model / Serial
    Product Codes: Y001, Y002, Y003, Y004, Y005, Y006, Y007, Y008, Y009, Y010, Y011, Y012, Y014, Y015, Y016, Y101, Y102, Y103, Y105, and Y951. To be updated as firm submits information.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: CA, DE, FL, ID, KS, KY, MD, MS, NY, OH, and WY; countries of: Japan, Brazil, France, Germany, and Kyrgyzstan.
  • Product Description
    Hitachi Echelon Oval MRI system is a diagnostic imaging device (one unit per package) and is intended to provide the physician with physiological and clinical information, obtained non-invasively and without the use of ionizing radiation.
  • Manufacturer
    Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc

Manufacturer

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc, 1959 Summit Commerce Park, Twinsburg OH 44087-2371
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Hitachi Ltd
  • Source
    USFDA