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Advantage Workstation Volume Share 2 (versionAW4.4_04) with Volume Viewer 3 and 3.1 (version7.0 to version7.5 and version 8.1) and only when or more of these applications is installed: " VesselIQ Xpress or AVA Xpress " CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus " CardEP " CardIQ Fusion PET or SPECT Advantage Workstations Volume Share (v.AW4.3) and AW4.2 (version4.2-05 and above) provided with Volume Viewer 2(version6.0 to version6.11) and only when one or both of these applications is installed: " CardIQ X

Reported: December 26, 2012 Initiated: May 29, 2012 #Z-0560-2013 548 (118 USA; 430 OUS) units

GE Healthcare, LLC issued this FDA Devices recall on December 26, 2012. Classified as Moderate severity (Class II). Approximately 548 (118 USA; 430 OUS) units are affected. The recall was issued because: GE Healthcare has became aware of two issues with the Advantage Workstation. 1) A possible mismatch between the labe…. This recall notice is sourced from official FDA Devices enforcement records. Below you will find the complete product description, hazard information, remedy instructions, and related recalls from the same manufacturer or product category.

Recall Insight

This FDA Devices action (record #Z-0560-2013) was formally reported on December 26, 2012, with the manufacturer initiating the action on May 29, 2012. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. GE Healthcare, LLC is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Waukesha, WI. Federal records indicate 548 (118 USA; 430 OUS) units are affected, placing this recall in the million-unit bracket that typically triggers nationwide consumer alerts and retailer sweeps.

The documented reason for this recall is: GE Healthcare has became aware of two issues with the Advantage Workstation. 1) A possible mismatch between the label of the tracked vessel and the underlying image associated with the cardio- vascular applications o… Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX , UT, VA, WI and Internationally to the following countries: VENEZ…. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Devices. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 14 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.

Recall Distribution by Severity Class

Severity1Class I (Critical)Class II (Moderate)Class III (Low)
Recall Distribution by Severity Class

Severity

Moderate

Units Affected

548 (118 USA; 430 OUS)

Related Recalls

6

6 from same agency

Product Description

Advantage Workstation Volume Share 2 (versionAW4.4_04) with Volume Viewer 3 and 3.1 (version7.0 to version7.5 and version 8.1) and only when or more of these applications is installed: " VesselIQ Xpress or AVA Xpress " CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus " CardEP " CardIQ Fusion PET or SPECT Advantage Workstations Volume Share (v.AW4.3) and AW4.2 (version4.2-05 and above) provided with Volume Viewer 2(version6.0 to version6.11) and only when one or both of these applications is installed: " CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus " CardEP Advantage Workstations AW Volume Share 2 (AW version 4.4). ONLY IF ONE OF FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS IS INSTALLED: ¿ VesselIQ Xpress or AVA Xpress ¿ CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus ¿ CardEP ¿ CardIQ Fusion PET or SPECT provided with Volume Viewer 3 and 3.1 from versions 7.0 to 7.5 and 8.1. To verify the version installed on your system: Select the Admin menu from the Patient list page. Then select Display Configuration. You will find the version of your system in Installed Application(s). This version will appear as vxtl_7.x or vxtl_8.x. Intended use: K993792: Smart Vessel Analysis (Smart VA) is a software post-processing option for the Advantage Workstation (AW) platform, which can be used in the analysis of 3D angiography data. It provides a number of display, measurement and batch filming/archive features and will aid physicians in studying user-selected vessels for stenosis analysis, pre/post stent planning and directional vessel tortuosity visualization. K031261: Card EP is a post processing software option for the Advantage Workstation (AW) Platform. This product can be used for the analysis of CT angiographic images for the assessment of the heart to include the atria, pulmonary veins, and coronary sinus. It provides quantitative analysis tools which include a number of display, measurement and model export capabilities. This product can be used to aid trained physicians in the visualization and assessment of cardiac anatomy. K041267: CardIQ Analysis III is a CT image analysis software package, which allows the visualization of 2D and 3D medical image data of the heart derived from DICOM 3.0 compliant CT scans for the purpose of cardiovascular disease assessment. It provides functionally for 2D/3D rendering, assessment of calcified and non-calcified plaque to determine the densities of the plaque within a coronary artery, ventricular function of the heart, and measurement tools to detect coronary artery stenosis. This product can be used to aid a trained physician to process, render, review, archive, print and visualizing cardiac anatomy and coronary vessels. CardIQ Analysis II will run on the AW workstation, scanner operator console and PACS system. K061370: CardIQ Fusion is intended to provide an optimized non-invasive application to analyze vascular anatomy and pathology, aid in the assessment of functional data e.g. PET perfusion, and aid in tailoring treatment plans based on the fused anatomical and functional information. Anatomical data could be from a set of Computed Tomography (CT) Angiographic images while functional data could be from PET, SPECT, or processed CT data. CardIQ Fusion is a software post-processing package for the Advantage Workstation (AW) platform, PET/CT and CT scanners and PACS reading stations. It is an additional tool for the analysis of 3D CT angiographic cardiac images/data providing a number of display, measurements and batch filming/archive features to study user-selected vessels. Also included is the capability to visualize reformatted CT/PET/SPECT perfusion and viability data. Finally, it provides different ways of visualizing CT anatomy fused with PET/SPECT functional information. With CardIQ Fusion, clinicians have the opportunity to overlay functional information over the (CT) anatomy of a patient's heart, and thus, they can potentially tailor their decision for that particular patient. CardIQ Fusion provides the visualization of the vessels in severa

Reason for Recall

GE Healthcare has became aware of two issues with the Advantage Workstation. 1) A possible mismatch between the label of the tracked vessel and the underlying image associated with the cardio- vascular applications of the Advantage workstation that may impact patient safety. 2) A refresh problem of the stenosis / aneurysm measurement tools associated with the cardio-vascular applications of

Details

Recalling Firm
GE Healthcare, LLC
Units Affected
548 (118 USA; 430 OUS)
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX , UT, VA, WI and Internationally to the following countries: VENEZUELA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, TURKEY, TUNISIA, THAILAND, TAIWAN, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN, SOUTH AFRICA, SINGAPORE, SERBIA, SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIA, ROMANIA, REUNION, PORTUGAL, POLAND, PHILIPPINES, PERU, PANAMA, NORWAY, NIGERIA, NEW CALEDONIA, NEPAL, MEXICO, MALAYSIA, KOREA, JAPAN, ITALY, IRELAND, INDONESIA, INDIA, HONG KONG, GREECE, GERMANY, FRANCE, FINLAND, ESTONIA, EGYPT, ECUADOR, DENMARK, CZECH REPUBLIC, CHINA, CHILE, CANADA, BULGARIA, BRAZIL, BELGIUM, BELARUS, AUSTRIA, AUSTRALIA, ARGENTINA ALGERIA.
Location
Waukesha, WI

Recall Profile

Structured summary of the FDA Devices recall record
Attribute Value
Agency U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Severity class Moderate (Class II)
Status Terminated
Recall number Z-0560-2013
Date reported December 26, 2012
Date initiated May 29, 2012
Recalling firm GE Healthcare, LLC
Units affected 548 (118 USA; 430 OUS)
Distribution Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX , UT, VA, WI and Internationally to the following countries: VENEZUELA, UNITED KINGDOM…

Profile values are sourced directly from the official FDA Devices enforcement record. Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Scale of Impact

548 (118 USA; 430 OUS) units affected — million-unit bracket.

Regional (<10K units) —
Multi-state (10K – 100K units) —
Large-scale (100K – 1M units) —
Massive (≥1M units) ✓ This recall

Bracket cutoffs follow federal recall-disclosure conventions; bar widths scale linearly within each bracket. Source: PlainRecalls analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration filings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What product was recalled? ▼
Advantage Workstation Volume Share 2 (versionAW4.4_04) with Volume Viewer 3 and 3.1 (version7.0 to version7.5 and version 8.1) and only when or more of these applications is installed: " VesselIQ Xpress or AVA Xpress " CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus " CardEP " CardIQ Fusion PET or SPECT Advantage Workstations Volume Share (v.AW4.3) and AW4.2 (version4.2-05 and above) provided with Volume Viewer 2(version6.0 to version6.11) and only when one or both of these applications is installed: " CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus " CardEP Advantage Workstations AW Volume Share 2 (AW version 4.4). ONLY IF ONE OF FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS IS INSTALLED: ¿ VesselIQ Xpress or AVA Xpress ¿ CardIQ Xpress Pro or Plus ¿ CardEP ¿ CardIQ Fusion PET or SPECT provided with Volume Viewer 3 and 3.1 from versions 7.0 to 7.5 and 8.1. To verify the version installed on your system: Select the Admin menu from the Patient list page. Then select Display Configuration. You will find the version of your system in Installed Application(s). This version will appear as vxtl_7.x or vxtl_8.x. Intended use: K993792: Smart Vessel Analysis (Smart VA) is a software post-processing option for the Advantage Workstation (AW) platform, which can be used in the analysis of 3D angiography data. It provides a number of display, measurement and batch filming/archive features and will aid physicians in studying user-selected vessels for stenosis analysis, pre/post stent planning and directional vessel tortuosity visualization. K031261: Card EP is a post processing software option for the Advantage Workstation (AW) Platform. This product can be used for the analysis of CT angiographic images for the assessment of the heart to include the atria, pulmonary veins, and coronary sinus. It provides quantitative analysis tools which include a number of display, measurement and model export capabilities. This product can be used to aid trained physicians in the visualization and assessment of cardiac anatomy. K041267: CardIQ Analysis III is a CT image analysis software package, which allows the visualization of 2D and 3D medical image data of the heart derived from DICOM 3.0 compliant CT scans for the purpose of cardiovascular disease assessment. It provides functionally for 2D/3D rendering, assessment of calcified and non-calcified plaque to determine the densities of the plaque within a coronary artery, ventricular function of the heart, and measurement tools to detect coronary artery stenosis. This product can be used to aid a trained physician to process, render, review, archive, print and visualizing cardiac anatomy and coronary vessels. CardIQ Analysis II will run on the AW workstation, scanner operator console and PACS system. K061370: CardIQ Fusion is intended to provide an optimized non-invasive application to analyze vascular anatomy and pathology, aid in the assessment of functional data e.g. PET perfusion, and aid in tailoring treatment plans based on the fused anatomical and functional information. Anatomical data could be from a set of Computed Tomography (CT) Angiographic images while functional data could be from PET, SPECT, or processed CT data. CardIQ Fusion is a software post-processing package for the Advantage Workstation (AW) platform, PET/CT and CT scanners and PACS reading stations. It is an additional tool for the analysis of 3D CT angiographic cardiac images/data providing a number of display, measurements and batch filming/archive features to study user-selected vessels. Also included is the capability to visualize reformatted CT/PET/SPECT perfusion and viability data. Finally, it provides different ways of visualizing CT anatomy fused with PET/SPECT functional information. With CardIQ Fusion, clinicians have the opportunity to overlay functional information over the (CT) anatomy of a patient's heart, and thus, they can potentially tailor their decision for that particular patient. CardIQ Fusion provides the visualization of the vessels in severa. Recalled by GE Healthcare, LLC. Units affected: 548 (118 USA; 430 OUS).
Why was this product recalled? ▼
GE Healthcare has became aware of two issues with the Advantage Workstation. 1) A possible mismatch between the label of the tracked vessel and the underlying image associated with the cardio- vascular applications of the Advantage workstation that may impact patient safety. 2) A refresh problem of the stenosis / aneurysm measurement tools associated with the cardio-vascular applications of
Which agency issued this recall? ▼
This recall was issued by the FDA Devices on December 26, 2012. Severity: Moderate. Recall number: Z-0560-2013.
Where was the recalled product distributed? ▼
Distribution: Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX , UT, VA, WI and Internationally to the following countries: VENEZUELA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, TURKEY, TUNISIA, THAILAND, TAIWAN, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN, SOUTH AFRICA, SINGAPORE, SERBIA, SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIA, ROMANIA, REUNION, PORTUGAL, POLAND, PHILIPPINES, PERU, PANAMA, NORWAY, NIGERIA, NEW CALEDONIA, NEPAL, MEXICO, MALAYSIA, KOREA, JAPAN, ITALY, IRELAND, INDONESIA, INDIA, HONG KONG, GREECE, GERMANY, FRANCE, FINLAND, ESTONIA, EGYPT, ECUADOR, DENMARK, CZECH REPUBLIC, CHINA, CHILE, CANADA, BULGARIA, BRAZIL, BELGIUM, BELARUS, AUSTRIA, AUSTRALIA, ARGENTINA ALGERIA..
How do I check if my product is affected by a recall? ▼
Check the product description and recall number (Z-0560-2013) against your product. Visit the official FDA Devices website for the most current information. You can also use our Recall Checker tool to search by product name or brand.
Should I stop using a recalled medication or medical device? ▼
Do not stop using a recalled medication or device without consulting your healthcare provider first, as abruptly discontinuing treatment could pose its own health risks. Your doctor can advise on alternatives or whether the recall applies to your specific product lot. Check the recall number and lot information against your product packaging.

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