ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-1470-2017 ยท LMB Device, Digital Image Storage, Radiological

Merge Healthcare, Inc.

iConnect Enterprise Archive when used with RadSuite. The firm name on the label is Merge Healthcare.

DateMar 10, 2017 (initiated Apr 4, 2016)
StatusTerminated
ReasonThe software produced a number of "do not route" exceptions, which may result in potential patient injury or delay in diagnosis or treatment.
Root causeSoftware design
ActionMerge Healthcare sent an Urgent: Medical Device Recall letter dated March 28, 2016, via e-mail the week of April 4, 2016. If no email address was available, the letters were issued via certified mail. A second letter dated July 11, 2016, was issued to nonresponders. The letter notifies the customer of the issue and informs them a fix has been released for the issue. The notification instructs the customer to pass the information onto all other users, as well as any downstream customers if it was further distributed. The notification also informs the customer their response is required u
Quantity187 sites potentially have the affected versions
DistributionUSA (nationwide ) Distribution to medical facilities. Government distribution was also made. There was no foreign or military distribution.
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K053281EVMS (ENTERPRISE VISUAL MEDICAL SYSTEM SOFTWARE)
Emageon, Inc., Dec 7, 2005