FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
GE Healthcare, LLC: Discovery IGS 740 Indicated for use for patients from newborn to geriatric in generating fluoroscopic and rotational images of human anatomy for cardiovascular, vascular and non-vascular, diagnostic and interventional procedures.
- Recall number
- Z-0452-2015
- Recalling firm
- GE Healthcare, LLC
- Product
- Discovery IGS 740 Indicated for use for patients from newborn to geriatric in generating fluoroscopic and rotational images of human anatomy for cardiovascular, vascular and non-vascular, diagnostic and interventional procedures.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-09-04
- Posted
- 2014-12-16
- Terminated
- 2015-01-21
- Reason
- Loss of imaging - affected devices may experience a loss of real-time interventional imaging and/or gantry motion due to the Electromagnetic (EM) sensitivity of the grid detection mechanism.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Consignees were sent on 9/4/2014 a GE Healthcare "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter GEHC Ref#12218 dated September 4, 2014. The letter was addressed to Director of Biomedical Engineering, Director of Radiology and Chief of Cardiology. The letter described the Safety Issue, Safety Instructions, Affected Product Details, Product Correction, and Contact Information. Customers are to perform a system functional check as instructed in the letter. If the check fails, they should contact their local GE Healthcare Service Representative. GE Healthcare will correct all systems at no cost to the customer, and a representative will contact customers to arrange for the correction. For questions they can call US 800-437-1171. For other countries they can call their local GE Healthcare Service Representative.
- Quantity
- 1 - OUS
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- US, including the states of CA, CO, FL, MO, PA; and, the countries of BELGIUM, CHINA, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GREECE, MEXICO, and RUSSIA.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Mfg Lot or Serial # System ID 00000646778BU1 190020RX26
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K133278"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OWB
- Firm FEI
- 2126677
- Firm city
- Waukesha
- Firm state
- WI
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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