FDADecember 7, 2015device

GE Healthcare, Discovery 3.0T MR750, 5148810-2, 5373011-2, 5499460-2.

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue with the 3.0T 6 Channel Flex Coil used with the 3T MR750W Surgical Suite Scanners. Coil overheating can occur when the device is used in Mode 2 setup. This could lead to a serious patient thermal injury. There have been no injuries reported as a result of this issue. UPDATE 5/27/2016: Recall has been updated to include an additional product which includes the Discovery 3.0T MR750 systems running Application Software DV24 R01, DV25 R02, or DV25.1 M3.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

ge medical systems

UPCs

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Recall history

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