FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Hologic, Inc.: Hologic QDR 4500 series Bone Densitometer Software versions 12.6, 2.3., or 2.4 Indicated for the estimation of bone mineral density (BMD), comparison of measurable variables obtained from a given QDR scan to a database of reference values, the estimation of fracture risk, vertebral deformity assessment, body composition analysis, and discrimination of bone from prosthetics.
- Recall number
- Z-1727-2009
- Recalling firm
- Hologic, Inc.
- Product
- Hologic QDR 4500 series Bone Densitometer Software versions 12.6, 2.3., or 2.4 Indicated for the estimation of bone mineral density (BMD), comparison of measurable variables obtained from a given QDR scan to a database of reference values, the estimation of fracture risk, vertebral deformity assessment, body composition analysis, and discrimination of bone from prosthetics.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2009-04-07
- Posted
- 2009-08-25
- Terminated
- 2010-11-29
- Reason
- System may not turn off at the end of the x-ray and cause additional x-ray exposure
- Root cause
- Component design/selection
- Action
- Hologic issued an Urgent: Medical Device Recall customer notification letter, dated April 17, 2009, by certified mail to inform customers of the problem. With the notification letter, customers will receive the following: -Software version Apex 12.6.2, 2.3.2, or 2.4.2 -Instructions to upgrade their systems with the provided software and to verify the new version on the system as a confirmation that the software was successfully loaded. -New Operator's Manual for installations where the operating characteristics of the system have changed due to the software upgrade. For Customers with systems with software versions other than 12.6, 2.3, or 2.4: Customers were asked to upgrade their QDR software, return their old QDR software disk, and complete and return to Hologic the enclosed Confirmation of Notification.
- Quantity
- 1914 units total
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA, Canada, Europe, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Arab Emirates, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Saudia Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- S/N: 45264A 45260A 45214A 45241A 45036A 47585C 49124C/CE 47513C 47758C 48342C/NCE 48337C/NCE 49781C/CE 48137C/NCE 47262C 45425SL/CE 45251SL 45751SL/CE 45815SL/CE, and 49521W/CE.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K072847"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KGI
- Firm FEI
- 1221300
- Firm city
- Bedford
- Firm state
- MA
- 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
Unless otherwise noted, the content, data, documentation, code, and related materials on openFDA is public domain and made available with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
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