FDA Recall Terminated

GE Healthcare CIC Pro Clinical Information Center, Central Station, Software Version 4.1. , GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., 8200 W. Tower Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. (System hardware consists of a processing unit and a monitor)

Recall: Z-0891-2007 · Initiated January 24, 2007

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0891-2007
Event Number
37309
Firm
General Electric Medical Systems Information Technology
FEI Number
2124823
Product Code
DSI
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Other
Initiated
January 24, 2007
Posted
June 6, 2007
Terminated
December 10, 2011
Address
8200 W Tower Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53223-3219

Description

GE Healthcare CIC Pro Clinical Information Center, Central Station, Software Version 4.1. , GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., 8200 W. Tower Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. (System hardware consists of a processing unit and a monitor)

Reason

Alarm and Reboot problems: Two separate issues could occur with the CIC Pro system when used with Telemetry. Each issue occurs in software version v4.1 only; A) the system may experience a loss of audible alarms when operating system memory resources reach 170MB and/or B) the system may intentionally or unexpectedly reboot .

Action

GE Healthcare sent a certified letter titled "Urgent Medical Device Correction" to customers on 3/13/07 that explained the short and long term solutions and that the company would be providing a software update that will rectify the issue specific to CIC Pro v4.1 software.

Distribution

Nationwide

Quantity

5,190 Units