BEUDAMED
    FDA Recall Terminated

    Hitachi Echelon MRI System/Oasis MRI, Software. These are software controlled MRI devices. Product Usage: The Echelon and Oasis MR systems are imaging devices, intended to provide the physician with physiological and clinical information that can be useful in diagnosis determination.

    Recall: Z-2254-2012 · Initiated June 15, 2012

    Recall

    Recall Number
    Z-2254-2012
    Event Number
    62870
    Firm
    Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc
    FEI Number
    1528028
    Product Code
    LNH
    Status
    Terminated
    Root Cause
    Software design
    Initiated
    June 15, 2012
    Posted
    August 23, 2012
    Terminated
    February 19, 2013
    Address
    1959 Summit Commerce Park, Twinsburg, OH, 44087

    Description

    Hitachi Echelon MRI System/Oasis MRI, Software. These are software controlled MRI devices. Product Usage: The Echelon and Oasis MR systems are imaging devices, intended to provide the physician with physiological and clinical information that can be useful in diagnosis determination.

    Reason

    Hitachi discovered a software error with a feature called Multi-Planar Reconstruction (MPR). MPR takes an original volume dataset reconstructed in any plane view and creates a new image set from another view (i.e. axial to coronal, coronal to sagittal, etc.). The error causes the first image in the dataset to have a right/left reversed orientation. The software error can occur randomly when execu

    Action

    Hitachi sent a Device Correction Notice letter dated June 18, 2012 to all affected customers. All letters are recorded by tracking number and date received by the consignee. The letter identified the affect product, problem and actions to be taken. All sites will be visited by Hitachi Service to install the software update to permanently resolve the issue at no cost to the facility. Software correction is targeted to start by September 1, 2012. For question contact the Manager of Regulatory Affairs at 800-800-3106 x3720

    Distribution

    US Nationwide Distribution - including the states of:: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY and Mexico.

    Quantity

    165 units