Recall Z-1198-2014 ยท KPS System, Tomography, Computed, Emission
GE Healthcare, LLC
GE Healthcare Infinia and Infinia Hawkeye Nuclear Medicine Systems. For Dual-Head Variable Angle Gamma Camera, Hawkeye Option for Dual-Head Variable Angle Gamma Camera (this includes GE Quasar Nuclear Medicine Systems). Nuclear Medicine Systems Infinia devices Product Usage: The intended use of the Quasar system is to perform general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioiso
| Date | Mar 13, 2014 (initiated Feb 7, 2014) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Potential safety issue related to unintended radial detector motion, which may occur during patient setup or at the end of a patient scan. This failure mode has been observed on a single system, in which the detector moved to the home position and then slowly starting drifting inward toward the patient. This generated both a visual and audio alert condition on both the console and the gantry. N |
| Root cause | Device Design |
| Action | GE sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter, dated 2/7/2014 to medical facilities beginning 2/7/2014. The letter was addressed to Manager of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Administrators/Risk Managers, and Managers of Radiology/Cardiology. The letter described the issue and provided safety instructions. For Infinia and Infinia Hawkeye, Millennium VG, VG Hawkeye and VariCam nuclear Medicine Systems, the letter stated that a software upgrade would correct the issue. For the Helix Nuclear Medicine Systems, GE stated that a software upgrade can not be applied to the older systems and that a |
| Quantity | 3062 units (1182 US, 1880 OUS) |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and Guam and the countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Ger |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K022960 | GE QUASAR NUCLEAR MEDICINE SYSTEM Ge Medical Systems F.I. Haifa, Sep 19, 2002 |