Recall Z-0201-2019 ยท LNH System, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
GE Medical Systems, LLC
GE Healthcare, Discovery 3.0T MR750, 5148810-2, 5373011-2, 5499460-2.
| Date | Dec 28, 2015 (initiated Dec 7, 2015) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue with the 3.0T 6 Channel Flex Coil used with the 3T MR750W Surgical Suite Scanners. Coil overheating can occur when the device is used in Mode 2 setup. This could lead to a serious patient thermal injury. There have been no injuries reported as a result of this issue. UPDATE 5/27/2016: Recall has been updated to include an additional product which includes the Discovery 3.0T MR750 systems running Application Software DV24 R01, DV25 R02, or DV25.1 M3. |
| Root cause | Nonconforming Material/Component |
| Action | Consignees were sent on 12/7/2015 a GE Healthcare "Urgent Medical Device Correction" GEHC Ref#60888 letter dated December 7, 2015. The letter was addressed to Hospital Administrators / Risk Managers, Radiology Department Managers, Radiologists. The letter described the Safety Issue, Safety Instructions, Affected Product details, Product Correction and Contact Information. For questions contact GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or your local Service Representative. UPDATE: Consignees were sent a revised letter on May 2, 2016. Previously the letter only listed MR750W Surgical Suite Sca |
| Quantity | 356 (98 US; 258 OUS) |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution- US Distribution including the states of AZ, CA, CO, IL IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, OK, SD, TX, WI, VA, DE, FL, MD, ME, MO, NC, NH, OR, PA, TN, WI, DC, PR and the countries of CANADA, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ITALY, JAPAN, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWIT |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K081028 | SIGNA 3.0T MR750 SYSTEM Ge Medical Systems, LLC, Apr 25, 2008 |
| K132376 | DISCOVERY MR750 3.0T, DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T, DISCOVERY MR750W 3.0T, OPTIMA MR450W 1.5T Ge Healthcare (Ge Medical Systems, LLC), Nov 15, 2013 |
| K142085 | DISCOVERY MR750 3.0T ,DISCOVERY MR450 1.5T, DISCOVERY MR750 3.0T,OPTIMA MR450W 1.5T Ge Medical Systems, LLC, Sep 26, 2014 |
| K142361 | Discovery MR750 3.0T Ge Medical Systems, LLC, Dec 5, 2014 |