Reported Nov 19, 2014 · Terminated

GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices. Models H3000YA, H3000YB, H3000YC, H3000YD, H2508PA, H2508PB, H2508PC,…

GE Healthcare, LLC

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: GE Healthcare, LLC · 3000 N Grandview Blvd · Waukesha, WI · 53188-1615

Is this the product you have?

  • GE Healthcare Varicam/VG and VG Hawkeye devices. Models H3000YA, H3000YB, H3000YC, H3000YD, H2508PA, H2508PB, H2508PC, H2508PD
  • Product UsageThe intended use of the Quasar system is to perform general Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body, using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition typed and optional imaging features designed to enhance image quality in Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology and other clinical diagnostic imaging applications. The scanning modes include planar (Static, Multi-gated, Dynamic, Whole body scanning) and tomographic (SPECT, Gated SPECT, Whole body SPECT, Camera based PET). Acquisition types include single and multi-isotope/multi-peak frame/list mode single-photon and positron imaging. Optional imaging-enhancement features include assortment of collimators, gating by physiological signals, real-time automatic body contouring, and CT-based attenuation correction and functional anatomic mapping
Lot codes and dates
  • 956 of 956 codes

    • 0000000010-203
    • 203694MIL
    • 0000000010-191
    • 203852VG
    • 10498
    • 205933VH
    • 10191
    • 206288VG
    • 10262
    • 206598VG
    • 10571
    • 207795VH
    • 10269
    • 208529VG
    • 1078
    • 209334LNVG1
    • 10340
    • 209526milvg
    • 10541
    • 212562VG
    • 1081
    • 225763MVG
    • 000003100-1829
    • 228818MILLVG
    • 00008125-18-18
    • 248338MLO02
    • 10237
    • 248828VG
    • 10326
    • 248937VG
    • 1538
    • 256235OPNM1
    • 10171
    • 262785vg
    • 1039
    • 2894872VG2
    • 1080
    • 2894872VG3
    • 10316
    • 301896VG
    • 10177
    • 304256VG
    • 00000000010-15
    • 304487VG
    • 10156
    • 305612VG
    • 10197
    • 309662SJVG
    • 10539
    • 310231VGH1
    • 10395
    • 312864VG
    • 1058
    • 313299VG
    • 00000000010-63
    • 334794MILVG
    • 1372
    • 361575VG
    • 000000099-4-04
    • 402449SJVG
Amount recalled
478

This recall covers 6 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 5 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

GE is issuing this recall due to a potential safety issue related to a portion of the system falling onto the patient during a scan due to fasteners being loose that secured the camera to the gantry. GE is updating the Preventative Maintenance procedure and schedule, and added an additional Preventative Maintenance check for loose fasteners on the Nuclear Medicaine systems.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Feb 27, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:44 PM UTC

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