Discovery NM/CT 670 ES Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained health professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system, combining Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Computed Tomography (CT) systems, is intended to produce: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained health professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system, combining Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Computed Tomography (CT) systems, is intended to produce:
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-1260-2019
- Event Number
- 82582
- Firm
- GE Healthcare, LLC
- FEI Number
- 2126677
- Product Code
- JAK
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Device Design
- Initiated
- March 20, 2019
- Terminated
- October 5, 2020
- Address
- 3000 N Grandview Blvd, Waukesha, WI, 53188-1615
Description
Discovery NM/CT 670 ES Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained health professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system, combining Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Computed Tomography (CT) systems, is intended to produce: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained health professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system, combining Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Computed Tomography (CT) systems, is intended to produce:
During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector mounting design redundancy.
GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated March 20, 2019 to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. GE Healthcare will inspect and, if required, correct all affected products at no cost to you to ensure that all design redundancies are in place. A GE Healthcare representative will contact you to arrange for the correction. For questions contact GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or your local Service Representative.
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