Class 2 Device Recall Merge PACS software. The firm name on the label is Merge Healthcare.

• Date Initiated by Firm: April 04, 2016
• Create Date: March 09, 2017
• Recall Status: Terminated on April 23, 2021
• Recall Number: Z-1431-2017
• Recall Event ID: 76594
• 510(K)Number: K082144
• Product Classification: System, image processing, radiological - Product Code LLZ
• Product: Merge PACS software. The firm name on the label is Merge Healthcare.
• Code Information: Versions 6.6.1, 6.6.1.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.2.1, 6.6.2.2, 7.0, and 7.0.1
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Merge Healthcare, Inc.; 900 Walnut Ridge Dr; Hartland WI 53029-8347
• For Additional Information Contact: Merge Service & Support; 877-741-5369
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Studies that have QC, PDE, or HL7 ADT updates applied may fail to propagate via telmed protocol to the destination server and may fail to import on the destination server.
• FDA Determined Cause: Software design
• Action: Merge sent an Urgent: Medical Device Recall letter dated March 28, 2016, to all affected customers via email the week of April 4, 2016. If no email address was available, the letters were issued via certified mail. A letter dated February 21, 2017 , was issued was also issued via email or certified mail. The letter notifies the customer of the issue, informs them not receiving updated demographics or image content may result in delay in diagnosis or treatment of the patient or misdiagnosis, and they should be aware of the workaround. The customer is also notified a fix is not yet available, however, the recalling firm is working on correcting the issue and will inform them once a fix is made available. The notification instructs the customer to pass the information onto all other users, as well as any downstream customers if it was further distributed. The notification also informs the customer their response is required using the enclosed form and the return addressed envelope. The response form asks, in part, if they understand the workaround and are they interested in accepting the fix. If they decline the fix, they are asked to provide the reason why. The response was required no later than April 18, 2016. A second letter was issued dated February 21, 2017,via email or certified mail if no email address was available. The letter notified customers a fix was now available and also contained the same information and response form as the first letter. The letter informed the customer a response was required 15 calendar days after receipt of the letter. The recalling firm reported emails will be tracked for delivery confirmation and the letters will be tracked for delivery by USPS certified services. For further questions, please call (877) 741-5369.
• Quantity in Commerce: 248 sites potentially have the affected versions
• Distribution: USA (nationwide ) Distribution was made to medical facilities. Internationally to Canada. There was no government or military distribution.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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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