FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
GE Healthcare, LLC: VariCam
- Recall number
- Z-0704-2019
- Recalling firm
- GE Healthcare, LLC
- Product
- VariCam
- Status
- Completed
- Initiated
- 2017-10-30
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- A potential hazardous situation may occur if the collimator locking handle is not properly placed in the lock position and the warning circuit does not detect that the collimator is unlocked because of the patient proximity to the collimator during a clinical scan.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- The firm initiated the medical device correction by letter on 10/0/2017. The letter instructed the consignee to ensure the collimator locking handles are in the locked position at all times. GE Healthcare will inspect and if necessary correct all affected products.
- Quantity
- 64 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial Numbers: 0000000010-203 0000000010-191 000003100-1829 00008125-18-18 00000000010-15 00000000010-63 00008125-16-59 000000099-4-04 00000000010-31 00000000010-82 00008125-16-70 00008125-18-09 00008125-18-16 00000000017-64 10280 00000000010-30 000003681-1803 00000000018-24 000003100-1840 000003101-1502 000003100-1744 00000000017-36 00000000016-86 00000000017-31 1065 1998 1999 000008125-1630 1008 00000000017-20 00000000017-22 00000000017-23 1804 00000000030-14 00000000030-15 00000000010-37 00000000010-44 00000000010-55 00000000030-16 00000000018-39 1704 00000ICPO50612 1697 1696 000000163-1758 00000000018-23 00000000016-73 00000000030-04 00000000010-59 00000000018-22 000003100-1760 000003100-1743 0000000010-134 000003100-1719 343 000003100-1763 61061 00000000010-04 00000000030-11 1649 00000000010-67 00000000010-45 00000000017-27 00000000017-15
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K953801"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KPS
- Firm FEI
- 2126677
- Firm city
- Waukesha
- Firm state
- WI
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28