The probe power monitoring settings have been found to be not appropriate under specific operating conditions when connected to the devices listed below. This issue may result in overheating of the probe head. The probe power monitoring settings may not be effective in specific operating conditions so that the surface of the probe head may overheat in around one minute of continuous operations. The patient may experience discomfort, reddening of epidermis and/or mild pain. To date, no patient injury has been reported with regards to this issue.
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.
Stitching run on SkyPlate detector interrupted intermittently; Stitching with SkyPlate aborts after first image; System software CD contains wrong baseline
Software anomalies were reported to affect the following system functionalities: startup and shutdown, system and network communication, motion control, image acquisition and output, dose reporting, and logs generation. Software version 3.1.7 will be installed on all 2nd edition imaging systems.
Software anomalies were reported to affect the following system functionalities: startup and shutdown, system and network communication, motion control, image acquisition and output, dose reporting, and logs generation. Software version 3.1.7 will be installed on all 2nd edition imaging systems.
The system's IFU contains a list of generators that the have been deemed compatible. Recent reports indicate that one energy platform is not compatible with the system. Therefore, it has been removed from the list of compatible generators within the IFU.
The BACT/ALERT VIRTUO Instrument Firmware version R2.0 allows relocation of the four (4) resident calibration standards so that Field System Engineers (FSE) can service the associated cells P24 - P27, where the calibration standards typically reside. If the calibration standards are not returned to the designated locations, an anomaly may occur.
The pouches of certain lots of product may have wrinkles along the pouch seal that could result in a channel within the seal. Should there be a channel in the pouch seal it may result in a breach in the sterility of the product.
Software anomalies were reported to affect the following system functionalities: startup and shutdown, system and network communication, motion control, image acquisition and output, dose reporting, and logs generation. Software version 3.1.7 will be installed on all 2nd edition imaging systems.
Reprocessing instructions for the SGS/SGA Surgical Handpieces have been updated with instructions of manual cleaning and specific parameters for autoclave sterilization. The previous operation manuals associated with the SGS/SGA products must be replaced by new operation manuals.
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.
Users may experience alarm fatigue due to frequent alarming relating to patient temperature deviation beyond 0.5¿C while in Automatic mode. 2. Users may experience a Remove from Use code 9 (RFU 9) fault condition relating to inadvertent flow alarms.3. Users may experience code RFU 27 fault condition relating to mechanical interference between the device fan and filter