FDA recall Z-1257-2019

GE Healthcare, LLC · Class II · device

Product

Discovery NM 630 Product Usage: The Discovery NM 630 is an all-purpose dual detector nuclear imaging system intended for 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 imaging features designed to enhance image quality. The main components of the Discovery NM 630 system are: NM Gantry with Dual detector heads, patient table, Remote Control Unit and NM operation console.

Reason for recall

During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector mounting design redundancy.

Distribution

US and Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2019-03-20
Report date
2019-05-08
Termination date
2020-10-05
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Waukesha, WI, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1257-2019