Reported May 8, 2013 · Terminated

GE, VCT for Discovery VCT, Discovery RX VCT, and Discovery PET/CT 690, Lightspeed VCT, Discovery CT750HD. Intended to…

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, VCT for Discovery VCT, Discovery RX VCT, and Discovery PET/CT 690, Lightspeed VCT, Discovery CT750HD. Intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission.
Lot codes and dates
  • Serial Number

    166 of 166 codes

    • 00000416307CN7
    • 00000416534CN6
    • 00000418451CN1
    • 00000416467CN9
    • 00000414273CN3
    • 00000416594CN0
    • 00000416589CN0
    • 00000416532CN0
    • 00000417617CN8
    • 00000416889CN4
    • 00000416685CN6
    • 00000418151CN7
    • 00000416332CN5
    • 00000416591CN6
    • 00000416468CN7
    • 00000416333CN3
    • 00000419445CN2
    • 00000416269CN9
    • 00000416815CN9
    • 00000416117CN0
    • 00000416524CN7
    • 00000416267CN3
    • 00000419240CN7
    • 00000416646CN8
    • 00000417864CN6
    • 00000416195CN6
    • 00000419505CN3
    • 00000418001CN4
    • 00000416816CN7
    • 00000416551CN0
    • 00000416201CN2
    • 00000417625CN1
    • 00000417650CN9
    • 00000416220CN2
    • 00000419411CN4
    • 00000416390CN3
    • 00000418913CN0
    • 00000416737CN5
    • 00000416738CN3
    • 00000416777CN1
    • 00000416363CN0
    • 00000416888CN6
    • 00000416590CN8
    • 00000417177CN3
    • 00000419041CN9
    • 00000416850CN6
    • 00000416627CN8
    • 00000417275CN5
    • 00000417709CN3
    • 00000417133CN6
    • 00000419446CN0
    • 00000419375CN1
    • 00000418807CN4
    • 00000418035CN2
    • 00000418238CN2
    • 00000418843CN9
    • 00000417786CN1
    • 00000419393CN4
    • 00000417695CN4
    • 00000419507CN9
Amount recalled
166

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

Fastener bolts on the heat exchanger were not properly torqued and part of the heat exchanger can detach from the gantry and hit the inside of the covers and other components of the gantry possibly resulting in the oil conduit breaking, spilling oil within the gantry and outside the system. This issue affects GE Healthcare VCT for Discovery VCT, Discovery RX VCT, and Discovery PET/CT 690, Lightspe

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 4, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:36 PM UTC

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