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General Electric Med Systems LLC: Diamond Mammographic X-Ray System, type MGX-2000, model 5111771. GE Healthcare P.O. Box 414, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 U.S.A.

Recall number
Z-0976-2007
Recalling firm
General Electric Med Systems LLC
Product
Diamond Mammographic X-Ray System, type MGX-2000, model 5111771. GE Healthcare P.O. Box 414, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 U.S.A.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2005-11-16
Posted
2007-06-28
Terminated
2008-02-24
Reason
GE Healthcare has become aware of the absence of thread-locking compound associated with the C-arm fasteners of your Diamond mammographic x-ray system that may impact patient safety.
Root cause
Other
Action
A Product Safety Notification, dated 05/24/07, was sent to Hospital Administrators, Managers of Radiology and Radiologists. This letter describes the safety issue, instructions to continue the use of the product and states that the device will be corrected by GE Healthcare service engineers.
Quantity
106
Distribution
Worldwide, including USA, Germany, France, Italy, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Venezuela, Benelux, Japan, China, and the UK.
Lot, serial or model codes
Model 5111771 (foreign) 116, 117, 135, 171,175, 208, 209, 212, 215, 156, 106, 214, 211, 120, 169, 125, 119, 210, 126, 124, 139, 196, 140, 218, 121, 197, 213, 216, 170, 217, 185, 195, 152, 174, 130, 173, 138 (USA) 155, 167, 172, 176, 182, 051, 101, 118, 122, 123, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 141-151, 153, 154, 157-166, 177-181, 183, 184, 186-194, 198-207, 219.
510(k) numbers
["K000976"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
IZH
Firm FEI
not on file
Firm city
Waukesha
Firm state
WI
Firm country
not on file

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