Terminated

GE Healthcare, CT Perfusion 4 on Advantage Workstation, CT and PET/CT consoles. Image analysis software package that allows the user to produce image data and to generate information with regard to changes in image intensity over time supporting CT Perfusion images.

FDA Recall Z-1720-2009 · Posted 2009-08-13

Recalling FirmGE Medical Systems, LLC

Recall StatusTerminated

Product CodeJAK

Date Initiated2009-05-04

Date Terminated2012-05-16

Product Quantity444

Reason for Recall

GE Healthcare has recently become aware of the need to adjust default settings associated with the use of CT Perfusion 4 on the Advantage Workstation, ST and PET/CT consoles that may impact patient safety. The default parameter settings in CT Perfusion 4 may not be optimal in the case of data acquired with longer time sampling intervals such as axial scans with inter scan delay (ISD) greater th

Firm Action

GE Healthcare issued an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter dated April 23, 2009. The letter was addressed to Hospital Administrators / Risk managers and Radiology department mangers. The letter described the Safety Issue, Affected Product Details, Safety Instructions, Product Correction and Contact Information instructing the user to follow the enclosed User Guide Addendum to mitigate further problems. For further questions, contact GE Healthcare at 1-800-437-1171 (US), 0120-055-919 (Japan); for other countries, contact your local GE Healthcare field service representative.

Root Cause

Software design

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- Including states of AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, HI, IL, IA, MA, MI, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, PR, TX, WA, WV and WI and countries of ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM and VENEZUELA.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K052839CT PERFUSION 4GE Healthcare · 2006-03-10

Official Source

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Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.