Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc: Altaire Shoulder Coil, an accessory to the Altaire MRI system. The shoulder coil is a two-channel, receive only coil that functions at 29.641 MHz band. It consists of a cable and a coil (imaging) body. A portion of the cable is referred to as the balun assembly or balun trap. The shoulder coil assembly is packaged in a cardboard box with foam inserts.

Recall number

Z-1263-2007

Recalling firm

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc

Product

Altaire Shoulder Coil, an accessory to the Altaire MRI system. The shoulder coil is a two-channel, receive only coil that functions at 29.641 MHz band. It consists of a cable and a coil (imaging) body. A portion of the cable is referred to as the balun assembly or balun trap. The shoulder coil assembly is packaged in a cardboard box with foam inserts.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2007-07-30

Posted

2007-09-26

Terminated

2010-10-05

Reason

Overheating; A portion (balun assembly) of the cable that connects the shoulder coil to the actual MRI unit may malfunction and result in overheating of the balun assembly. The overheating of the balun assembly could result in injury to the patient or operator if either came into contact with the assembly.

Root cause

Other

Action

On 7/30/07, Hitachi sent a Device Correction letter via courier with receipt tracking to all affected customers outlining the risk of overheating of the cable balun assembly and subsequent risk of patient/operator injury. The letter notifies customers that (1) Hitachi will be contacting them in the future to schedule an on-site visit for replacement of the Altaire Shoulder Coil; (2) the replacement will begin in September, 2007 and continue until all affected coils are replaced; and (3) customers that have noticed overheating of the cable balun assembly are urged to notify Hitachi for immediate replacement service.

Quantity

273

Distribution

Nationwide: U.S. A. to include: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, & WY.

Lot, serial or model codes

Serial Numbers: 203, 303, 305, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390,, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402,, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 430, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 446, 447, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497 499, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 509, 510, 512, 513, 514, 515 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603.

510(k) numbers

["K002420"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

LNH

Firm FEI

1528028

Firm city

Twinsburg

Firm state

OH

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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