FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
GE Healthcare: Fresh Gas Control (A-FGC1) Unit, a component of the S/5 Anesthesia Delivery Unit. The Anesthesia Delivery Unit is designed to mix and dose respiratory gases and to ventilate the patient. The delivery unit is the basis for a flexible anesthesia system with full monitoring and data management capabilities.
- Recall number
- Z-1196-06
- Recalling firm
- GE Healthcare
- Product
- Fresh Gas Control (A-FGC1) Unit, a component of the S/5 Anesthesia Delivery Unit. The Anesthesia Delivery Unit is designed to mix and dose respiratory gases and to ventilate the patient. The delivery unit is the basis for a flexible anesthesia system with full monitoring and data management capabilities.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2006-03-22
- Posted
- 2006-07-12
- Terminated
- 2007-05-29
- Reason
- There exists the possibility that the ADU Fresh Gas Control unit (A-FGC1) can shut off during normal handling of the anesthesia machine and result in no anesthetic agent output.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- An Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated March 21, 2006, was sent to customers. It warns of the potential for no anesthetic agent output. The letter contains short term recommendations for use of the device until a GE Healthcare representative contacts the facility to schedule a vist and implelment corrective action.
- Quantity
- 62
- Distribution
- World wide-(including the States of IA, CA, MI, FL, MI, TX, IL, WI, OH, and countries of Finland, Singapore, Austria, South Africa, Sweden, Israel, Norway, Taiwan, Germany, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, and France
- Lot, serial or model codes
- S/5 Anesthesia Delivery Unit serial numbers: 6028818, 6048768, 6048777, 6048778, 6048795, 6048797, 6048799, 6048808, 6048811, 6048812, 6048815, 6048827, 6067704, 6067706, 6085914, 6085926, 6085927, 6085929, 6085935, 6085937, 6086576, 6086577, 6086583, 6086585, 6086588, 6086589, 6086592, 6086593, 6086595, 6086596, 6086600, 6086601, 6086602, 6086603, 6086608, 6086610, 6086611, 6086612, 6086613, 6097355, 6097356, 6097357, 6097364. A-FGC1 Units serial numbers: 6020250, 6044947, 6044950, 6044951, 6045113, 6045120, 6045122, 6045127, 6045138, 6045151, 40022777, 40100065, 40106020, 40114446, 40115565, 40119019, 40121119, 40149506, 40173259.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K973985"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- BSZ
- Firm FEI
- 2183066
- Firm city
- Madison
- 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
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- 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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