Class 2 Device Recall Merge Cardio software

• Date Initiated by Firm: March 28, 2016
• Create Date: December 09, 2016
• Recall Status: Terminated on March 20, 2020
• Recall Number: Z-0729-2017
• Recall Event ID: 75825
• 510(K)Number: K051649
• Product Classification: System, image processing, radiological - Product Code LLZ
• Product: Merge Cardio software. Merge Cardio is a system intended to be used to acquire, store, print, transfer, and archive clinical information including images, Hemodynamic studies and reports, measurements (via import from DICOM Structured Reporting, text files or optical character recognition of measurements captured on images) and cardiology signal (waveform) data.
• Code Information: Versions: 8.30.0, 8.30.1, 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.0.9, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, and 10.1.1
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Merge Healthcare, Inc.; 900 Walnut Ridge Dr; Hartland WI 53029-8347
• For Additional Information Contact: Merge Service and Support; 877-741-5369
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: If images are sent without an order in the system, they will be matched with the latest order on the current patient/modality matching potentially resulting in the matching of the report to the incorrect accession number (but still associated to the correct patient).
• FDA Determined Cause: Software design
• Action: MERE sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated July 11, 2016, to all affected customers via email or via certified mail if they did not have an email address for the customer. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to respond to the notification using the enclosed form and the return addressed envelope. Customers were also instructed to ensure that all users of the product are provided with the notification and if product was further distributed customers need to identify their customers and notify them at once of the product recall. Customers with questions should send an email to recall@merge.com. For questions regarding this recall call 877-741-5369.
• Quantity in Commerce: 198 sites potentially have the effected versions
• Distribution: Nationwide Distribution
• 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 = LLZ