Reported Mar 25, 2015 · Terminated

GE Healthcare Millennium VG, Discovery VH and VariCam Nuclear Medicine systems, all configurations. Product Usage: The…

GE Healthcare

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 · 3000 N Grandview Blvd · Waukesha, WI · 53188-1615

Is this the product you have?

  • GE Healthcare Millennium VG, Discovery VH and VariCam Nuclear Medicine systems, all configurations
  • Product UsageThe intended use of the 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 types and optional imaging features designed to enhance image quality in Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology and other clinical diagnostic imaging applications
Lot codes and dates
  • Mfg Lot or Serial # System ID

    944 of 944 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
472 (127 units US, 345 units OUS)

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to a collimator falling off a VG system during a Quality Control check, while the detectors were rotating. No injuries have been reported to date

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 Aug 17, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:49 PM UTC

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