NM/CT 870 DR Product Usage: The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained health professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system, combining Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Computed Tomography (CT) systems, is intended to produce
FDA Recall Z-1265-2019 · Posted None
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Recalling FirmGE Healthcare, LLC
Recall StatusTerminated
Product CodeJAK
Date Initiated2019-03-20
Date Terminated2020-10-05
Product Quantity27 units
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.
Firm Action
GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated March 20, 2019 to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. GE Healthcare will inspect and, if required, correct all affected products at no cost to you to ensure that all design redundancies are in place. A GE Healthcare representative will contact you to arrange for the correction. For questions contact GE Healthcare Service at 1-800-437-1171 or your local Service Representative.
Root Cause
Device Design
Distribution Pattern
US and Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Related FDA 510(k) Records
Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.
Official Source
View FDA Recall →Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.
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