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Class 2 Device Recall GE Signa Ovation 0.35 T MR System

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  Class 2 Device Recall GE Signa Ovation 0.35 T MR System see related information
Date Initiated by Firm April 16, 2009
Date Posted June 30, 2009
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on April 23, 2013
Recall Number Z-1556-2009
Recall Event ID 52015
510(K)Number K053009  
Product Classification System, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging - Product Code LNH
Product GE Signa Ovation 0.35 T MR System.

The Signa Ovation System is an open, whole body scanner designed to support improved higher resolution imaging and shorter scan times.
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Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 GE Medical Systems, LLC
3000 N Grandview Blvd
Waukesha WI 53188-1615
For Additional Information Contact
262-544-3894
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 GE Healthcare has identified a potential safety issue with the Signa OpenSpeed and Signa Ovation MR Scanner tables that may impact patient safety. The table may begin lowering on its own while a patient is on the table. If this occurs while the table is in the magnet bore, the table may tilt and could result in patient injury. The patient's head or feet depending on patient orientation, may hit
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Device Design
Action GE Healthcare issued an "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter dated April 16, 2009 addressed to Hospital Administrators, Mangers of Radiology/Cardiology and Radiologists/Cardiologists. The letter describes the Safety Issue, Affected Product Details, Safety Instructions, Product Correction and Contact Information. A GE Healthcare Field Engineer will schedule a field visit to correct the device. Further questions or concerns may be addressed to GE Healthcare at 1-262-521-6681.
Quantity in Commerce 203
Distribution Worldwide Distribution -- US including PR and states of AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO,CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MN, MS, MO,MT, NV, NH, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK,OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, WI and countries of BRAZIL CHINA, DENMARK, EGYPT, ENGLAND, GERMANY, GUATEMALA, HUNGARY, ITALY, IVORY COAST, JAPAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, OMAN, MEXICO, OMAN, PHILIPPINES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES and VENEZUELA.
Total Product Life Cycle TPLC Device Report
1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
510(K) Database 510(K)s with Product Code = LNH and Original Applicant = GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS
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