Events

Recall of Image Processing System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by General Electric Med Systems 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
    34516
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0854-06
  • Event Initiated Date
    2004-10-08
  • Event Date Posted
    2006-05-09
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2006-12-31
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=43994
  • 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, Image Processing, Radiological - Product Code LLZ
  • Reason
    Display in fused mode- viewer allows 2 studies ( pet/ct) registered in the same spatial domain to be viewed simultaneously. these 2 images should be visually aligned to a precision of less than 1/2 pet voxel. a problem associated with this version of software may introduce a shift of up to 1.5 pet voxels, which can be as much as 8 mm with certain zoom factors.
  • Action
    An Urgent Safety Notice letter, dated October 8, 2004,(5121309-147, rev.E) was distributed to affected customers and a validated software patch that corrected the problem was installed on affected systems via Field Modification Instruction (FMI) 80114.

Device

Image Processing System
  • Model / Serial
    100943VP0, 67392II1, 36521VE3, 70827VE1, 419453BU6436332BU1, 70800VE8, 44586VE6, 341GE8, 97197VP8, 99813VP8, 97983VP1, 70820VE6, 58626VE3, 70795VE0, FRB3510J25, 58630VE5, 58624VE8, 58589VE3, 7823VE0, 44579VE1, 44597VE3, 44585VE8, 25125VE6, 425022BU1, 70796VE8, 93086VE7, 37621BU4, 76906VE7, 76899VE4, 70798VE4, 65504VE3, 65603VE3, 36543VE7, 58628VE9, 70811VE5, 44584VE1, 44581VE7, FRB3430VBM, 44589VE0, 44598VE1, 44582VE5, 44594VE0, 72740VE4, 1189GE0, 2030GE5, 2085GE0, 2025GE5, 72477II3, 72480II7, 343GE4, 97203VP4, 98272VP8, 423277BU3, 349GE1, 425018BU9, FRB3300M6G, 99699VP1, 98371VP8, 101216VP0, 425015BU5, 237GE8, 364GE0, 339GE2, 101196VP4, 419382BU7, 419383BU5, 366GE5, 367GE3, 357GE4, 2085GE9, 419457BU7, 25128VE0, 98436VP9, 99981VP3, 36513VE0, 98623UP2, 101000VP8, 2028GE9, 2799GE5, 1089GE2, 419450BU2, 101280VP6, 67269VE1, 100855VP6, 66250II2, 346GE7, 363GE2, 345GE9, 1073VP5, 101170VP9, 98516VP8, 2802GE7, 419356BU1, 66244II5, 1487GE8, 67389II7, 365GE7, 425021BU3, 383GE0, 25132VE2, 101334VP1, 95972VP6, 419449BU4, 2031GE3, 2800GE1, 36517VE1, FRB33605L9, 1024GE9, 95307VP5, 102235VP9, 102232VP6, 425204BU5, 1124GE7, 1122GE1, 419455BU1, 419456BU9, 102220VP1, 102555VP0, 97622VP5, 72249II6, 67210VE5, FRB33605KX, 419257BU1, 95268VP9, 338GE4, 101404VP2, 2090GE9, 2087GE5, 101308VP5, 101251VP7, 421989BU5, 342GE6, 99627VP2, 97933VP6, 98653VP9, 66249II4, 72479II9, 25126VE4, 356GE6, 25130VE6, 65450VE9, DE31500056, 347GE5, 421367BU4, 100912VP5, 25123VE1, 25124VE9, 99867VP4, DE24600031, 99910VP2, 101246VP7, 419357BU9, 101171VP7, 102825VP7, 100664VP2, 102856VP2, 424101BU4, 425020BU5, 354GE1, 36518VE9, 100885VP3, 2801GE9, USV41104ST, 2091GE7, USV41103MJ, 99994VP6, 102133VP6, 419549BU1, 25137VE1, 102078VP3, 425351BU4, 1066GE0, 98816VP2, 97591VP2, 99631VP4, 423318BU5, 2086GE7, 97905VP4, 100690VP7, 350GE9, 25139VE7, 1120GE5, 100001VP7, 2084GE2, 391228BU4, 101190VP7, 99909VP4, 1123GE9, 2803GE5, 98474VP0, 25127VE2, 67384II8, 98815VP4, 101288VP9, 101287VP1, 66241II1, 25134VE8
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Distributed in 32 states: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV; Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Nigeria, China, France, Egypt, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Phillipines, Sweden, and Taiwan.
  • Product Description
    Advantage CT/PET Fusion for Advantage Windows Workstation with Volume View CT Colonography/Navigator 2 software. (Version 4.0, 4.1,or 4.2)
  • Manufacturer
    General Electric Med Systems LLC

Manufacturer

General Electric Med Systems LLC
  • Manufacturer Address
    General Electric Med Systems LLC, 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha WI 53188-1615
  • Source
    USFDA