FDA Recall Terminated

Signa MFO/I Magnetic Resonance System, Model Numbers : 2210339, 2262700, 2276937, 2282853, 2282860, 2282880, 2352129, 2388781, 5105123, 5113339, 2138300-32, 2189500-3, 2198999-4, 2259620-4, 2262700-2, 2269512-2, 2286849-2, 2352129-2, 2377062-5, 2377062-8, Manufactured by GE Hangwei Medical Systems Co., LTD, Beijing PR, China

Recall: Z-0170-2008 · Initiated December 31, 2006

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0170-2008
Event Number
45491
Firm
GE Healthcare
FEI Number
2126677
Product Code
LNH
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Labeling design
Initiated
December 31, 2006
Posted
November 7, 2007
Terminated
December 11, 2007
Address
3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha, WI, 53188-1615

Description

Signa MFO/I Magnetic Resonance System, Model Numbers : 2210339, 2262700, 2276937, 2282853, 2282860, 2282880, 2352129, 2388781, 5105123, 5113339, 2138300-32, 2189500-3, 2198999-4, 2259620-4, 2262700-2, 2269512-2, 2286849-2, 2352129-2, 2377062-5, 2377062-8, Manufactured by GE Hangwei Medical Systems Co., LTD, Beijing PR, China

Reason

Incorrect patient positioning; when moving the patient into the bore may lead to wrist and hand injury.

Action

Field Modification Instruction : FMI 67631 (DEC 2006) was communicated directly to the GE Healthcare service engineers who provide the modification at the customer site. Corrections were performed in DEC 2006

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution --- USA including states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, VA, and WA, and countries of United Arab Emirats, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil China, Ivery Cost, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Oman, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, and Turkey

Quantity

163