GE Healthcare — Class II medical device recall Z-0012-2014
Terminated recall by GE Healthcare, LLC, reported 2013-10-23, distributed in DC. GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue involving the spotfilm device power assist
| Recall number | Z-0012-2014 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | GE Healthcare, LLC, Waukesha, WI, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2013-08-30 |
| Classified | 2013-10-17 |
| Reported by FDA | 2013-10-23 |
| Terminated | 2014-05-22 |
| Distributed | DC |
| Countries outside the US | AE, AU, CA, CL, DE, GB, GT, IL, IS, IT, JM, JP |
Product
GE Healthcare, Precision 500D, Legacy, RFX, and SFX X. This table is intended for use in a diagnostic X-ray system to support patients during general purpose radiological procedures in the horizontal, vertical and trendelenburg positions. - The Expedio 500D is designed to perform radiographic and fluoroscopic x-ray examinations. - The Precision 500D R&F X-ray System is intended to be used as a universal diagnostic imaging system for radiographic and fluoroscopic examinations, including general R&F and pediatric examinations. The Precision 500D R&F X-ray Systems are intended for use by a qualified/trained doctor or technician on both adult and pediatric subjects for taking diagnostic radiographic and fluoroscopic exposures of the whole body, skull, spinal column, chest, abdomen, extremities, and other body parts. Applications can be performed with the patient sitting, standing, or lying in the prone or supine position.
Reason for recall
GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue involving the spotfilm device power assist handle. There is a potential for the internal bolts on the power assist handle to be loose or to loosen and/or fall out. This issue, if present, can result in a loss of calibration and offset of the power assist handle and/or, under extreme condition, sticking of the handle in the ON p
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