Reported Nov 19, 2014 · Terminated

Optima NM/CT 640, Models H3100YA, H3100YC. Product Usage: The GE Optima NM/CT 640 system is intended for General…

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?

    • Optima NM/CT 640
    • Models H3100YA
    • H3100YC
  • Product UsageThe GE Optima NM/CT 640 system is intended for General Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body. It includes a general purpose Nuclear Medicine (NM) system using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition types, and a CT component which is intended specifically for enabling attenuation correction and anatomical localization on SPECT studies
Lot codes and dates
    • 25018
    • 816234D640
    • 26004
    • 815564O640
    • 26007
    • 817250NM640
    • 26010
    • 717782640NM
    • 26012
    • 808485NM640
    • 26013
    • 847872O640
    • 26014
    • 901516GO640
    • 26018
    • 270956NM640
    • 26020
    • 309672NM2
    • 26021
    • 215728OPT640
    • 26025
    • 410543NUC640
    • 26026
    • 928214NMCT
    • 26028
    • 715735OPT1
    • 26002
    • 0910263256
    • 26005
    • 0910263253
    • 22020
    • 030232NU15
    • 26009
    • DK1054NM03
    • 26001
    • XM203401
    • 26003
    • ULUE01NU02
    • 26015
    • 915839NU01
    • 26024
    • 083026800008113
    • 26006
    • A5639613
    • 26008
    • A5366308
    • 25023
    • RTD0782
    • 26030
    • NM26030
    • 26023
    • BD003NU01
    • 26017
    • 00162NUC11
    • 26019
    • 00203NUC06
    • 26022
    • 00139NUC08
Amount recalled
29

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, 6:16 PM UTC

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