United StatesGE Medical Systems Optima XR200amx, XR220amx and XR240amx mobile digital-ready radiographic systems are affected and can be recognised by those model names and the listed UDI-DI and system ID numbers in the notice. They were recalled because safety-pawl functional testing may not have been performed after a column replacement, so if the internal counterpoise cable fails the column safety may not work and the X‑ray tube arm could drop, risking patient injury.
What's being recalled
Optima XR200amx, Mobile Digital-Ready Radiographic System
Optima XR220amx, Mobile Digital-Ready Radiographic System
Optima XR240amx, Mobile Digital Radiographic System
Recalling firm: GE Medical Systems, LLC, Waukesha, WI, United States.
How to identify it
UDI-DI: 00840682115278; System IDs: 419383DP3, 773792XR200, 856355OPT, FEB520100 UDI-DI: 00840682115261; System IDs: 05249MOB02.OLD, 205820DP1, 228818XR220, 229276M1, 240566P1, 301295OPTIMA2, 303788SBOPT1, 314251P5, 352LEEDP1, 386FLGDPXR3, 417347DPORT1, 512SAMCSB, 516632OPTIMA2, 540981ODP7, 563264OPT, 601445DP1, 615338HDP01, 661949DP2, 713441OPCDX1, 717657OPT1, 718206OPT240A, 727848SB1, 732321DP1, 757736DP3, 813302OPT1, 828213DXP1, 828286OPT1, 843847220D, 850070941, 865545DP3, 915821OPT1, 941342OP221, 972566XR220E, 985447TM4, SA1208MM05, SB2201700085WK, XR1034798WK7, XR1037005WK4 UDI-DI: 00840682122351 and 00840682123686; System IDs: 252847PP249, 281MSL2402, 291OPTI1, 312CCHSUPER7, 318487OPTIMA1, 360744OPT2402, 501686OPTI1, 504826XR241, 519941XR240A, 540776ODP3, 541472M4, 602344240C, 706291BEE9, 713799XR240, 770836BEE2, 813872OPT11, 813872OPT9, 843724OPT1, 843847OPT240, 870239OPT2, 905522AMX240, 973625DIG4, DF2402001002WK, SA1013MM13
The hazard
GE HealthCare has become aware that in certain Optima XR200/220/240amx systems that have had a column replacement completed, functional testing of the safety pawl may not have been performed to confirm proper assembly. If a failure of the internal counterpoise cable occurs, the Column Safety mechanism will not work, causing the arm with X-ray tube and collimator to drop downward on the column track. This could result in patient injury during an exam.
What to do
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Where it was sold
Worldwide - US Nationwide and the countries of Brazil, Canada, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UK.
The official notice
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