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GE Healthcare Proteus XR/a Eclipse Collimator model #… recallZ-1713-2008 · GE Healthcare · initiated Mar 29, 2007

Terminated All recalls posted in September 2008

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  1. Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
  2. If yours is listed, follow the instructions from GE Healthcare or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
  3. Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.

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Why it was recalled

The actual average illuminance for the collimators are approximately 140-lux. This does not meet the 160-lux requirement. GE will be correcting the units by replacing all collimators.

FDA root cause category: Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act

What the company is doing

GE will be correcting the units by replacing all collimators that don't meet the 160-lux requirement. The field correction will be initiated and is scheduled to be completed by October 2008.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-1713-2008
Recall class
Not yet classified by the FDA
Status
Terminated
Initiated by the company
Mar 29, 2007
Posted by the FDA
Sep 30, 2008
Recalling firm
GE Healthcare
Quantity
132
Product code
KPR
FDA submissions
K993090
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution --- USA including states of CA, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, and WV, and countries of Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Korea, Poland, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.

Product description

GE Healthcare Proteus XR/a Eclipse Collimator model # 2379827.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

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Other devices under the same FDA submission

1 device cleared under K993090 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

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