GE Healthcare Voluson E8 ultrasound scanner with Software version 6.2.0 and 6.2.1 and DICOM stations with…

Date posted by the FDA

Nov. 7, 2007

Status

Terminated

Filed by

Ge Healthcare

Product

GE Healthcare Voluson E8 ultrasound scanner with Software version 6.2.0 and 6.2.1 and DICOM stations with these software versions; GE Healthcare 9900 West Innovation Drive, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, USA.

Reason

When a spectrum of a Pulsed Wave Doppler shows an angle correction unequal to 0 is reloaded from the archive or the image is sent to a DICOM station, this angle correction is mistakenly disregarded resulting in an underestimation of the flow velocities.

Distribution pattern

Nationwide.

Quantity

521 Units

Codes and lots

Serial Numbers: D00210, D00223, D00225, D00239, D00241, D00293, D00326, D00347, D00415, D00425, D00435, D00445, D00455, D00456, D00459, D00460, D00465, D00467, D00468, D00469, D00480, D00481, D00484, D00485, D00487, D00490, D00491, D00493, D00495, D00502, D00503, D00505, D00512, D00516, D00517, D00523, D00525, D00531, D00532, D00537, D00539, D00541, D00542, D00543, D00546, D00548, D00550, D00551, D00552, D00554, D00558, D00560, D00561, D00562, D00563, D00564, D00565, D00566, D00567, D00568, D00569, D00570, D00571, D00572, D00573, D00574, D00575, D00576, D00577, D00579, D00580, D00581, D00582, D00625, D00627, D00628, D00632, D00633, D00636, D00638, D00639, D00640, D00649, D00652, D00653, D00655, D00665, D00666, D00668, D00108, D00123, D00134, D00139, D00168, D00173, D00176, D00178, D00182, D00185, D00186, D00187, D00189, D00192, D00193, D00194, D00195, D00198, D00199, D00200, D00203, D00209, D00214, D00220, D00224, D00226, D00227, D00228, D00230, D00231, D00232, D00233, D00236, D00242, D00243, D00244, D00246, D00249, D00252, D00254, D00258, D00282, D00291, D00292, D00295, D00296, D00297, D00299, D00300, D00302, D00303, D00304, D00305, D00306, D00307, D00310, D00312, D00314, D00316, D00317, D00318, D00319, D00327, D00330, D00335, D00336, D00337, D00339, D00340, D00343, D00344, D00346, D00349, D00350, D00351, D00352, D00354, D00355, D00356, D00359, D00361, D00362, D00364, D00366, D00367, D00372, D00374, D00375, D00388, D00391, D00392, D00393, D00395, D00396, D00397, D00398, D00399, D00402, D00403, D00404, D00405, D00406, D00411, D00413, D00418, D00420, D00421, D00422, D00423, D00426, D00451, D00180, D00379, D00387, D00430, D00433, D00444, D00454, D00464, D00470, D00476, D00497, D00509, D00513, D00522, D00526, D00540, D00544, D00545, D00547, D00549, D00553, D00555, D00556, D00557, D00559, D00585, D00586, D00103, D00155, D00166, D00250, D00251, D00255, D00325, D00331, D00595, D00584, D00280, D00342, D00369, D00148, D00213, D00301, D00428, D00601, D00602, D00603, D00604, D00324, D00151, D00471, D00519, D00593, D00466, D00494, D00659, D00432, D00473, D00321, D00591, D00599, D00153, D00217, D00222, D00248, D00437, D00514, D00322, D00449, D00474, D00475, D00478, D00504, D00507, D00508, D00521, D00528, D00529, D00533, D00534, D00583, D00634, D00635, D00641, D00644, D00645, D00663, D00126, D00128, D00240, D00272, D00277, D00279, D00332, D00341, D00407, D00419, D00486, D00424, D00499, D00288, D00308, D00394, D00483, D00143, D00117, D00138, D00150, D00165, D00167, D00183, D00218, D00245, D00253, D00259, D00261, D00264, D00315, D00328, D00378, D00383, D00385, D00431, D00462, D00613, D00618, D00121, D00141, D00154, D00170, D00171, D00190, D00234, D00256, D00267, D00311, D00313, D00461, D00145, D00146, D00196, D00201, D00205, D00206, D00207, D00257, D00263, D00266, D00268, D00410, D00438, D00439, D00458, D00479, D00488, D00489, D00496, D00511, D00518, D00520, D00527, D00538, D00594, D00596, D00598, D00600, D00605, D00621, D00660, D00661, D00179, D00202, D00204…

Recall started

July 6, 2007

Device type

System, Imaging, Pulsed Echo, Ultrasonic

Root cause (FDA)

Software design

What the company told customers

GE Healthcare sent customer letters on July 15, 2007 to affected customers. The letter included a short term mitigation recommendation and a long-term correction. The long-term correction will be software upgrade provided free of charge to all affected customers.

Recall number

Z-0113-2008

What should I do? How serious is a recall? Classes and warnings explained

Source: FDA · Medical device enforcement report, recall number Z-0113-2008. The agency record governs; check it and the company before acting.