Recall Z-0096-2019— GE Healthcare Finland Oy

Name: FDA recall Z-0096-2019
Creator: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Published: 2018-09-04

Class II · Ongoing

Class II FDA medical device recall by GE Healthcare Finland Oy, initiated 2018-09-04. It names one FDA 510(k) clearance: K132533. Product: GE Healthcare CARESCAPE Monitor B850 Product Usage: Intended uses of CARESCAPE B850 V2 in 510(k) countries [UR_CRSCP-1046]: The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 is a multi-parameter high acuity patient monitor intended for use in multiple areas within a professional healthcare facility. The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 is intended for use on adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients and on one patient at a time. The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 is indicated for monitoring of: -hemodynamic (including ECG, ST segment, arrhythmia detection, ECG diagnostic analysis and measurement, invasive pressure, non-invasive blood pressure, pulse oximetry, cardiac output (thermodilution and pulse contour), temperature, mixed venous oxygen saturation, and central venous oxygen saturation). -Respiratory (impedance respiration, airway gases (CO2, O2, N2O and anesthetic agents), spirometry, gas exchange) and -neurophysiological status (including electroencephalography, Entropy, Bispectral Index (BIS) and neuromuscular transmission. The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 also provides alarms, trends, snapshots and events, and calculations and can be connected to displays, printers and recording devices.. Reason: When multiple CARESCAPEMonitor B450 or B850 units are connected to the same network and a network overload occurs for a prolonged time, the monitors may simultaneously restart as designed. The monitor restart will not be completed until the network issue has been corrected..

Recalling firm: GE Healthcare Finland Oy
Classification: Class II
Status: Ongoing
Initiated: 2018-09-04
Firm location: Helsinki, Finland

510(k) clearances named in this recall

1 on FDA's record

K132533 — CARESCAPE MONITOR B450GE Healthcare Finland Oy·cleared 2013-12-04

K-numbers as listed on FDA's Recall Enterprise System record for this event (openFDA device/recall k_numbers). The recall may also cover devices cleared under other submissions not named here.

Product description

GE Healthcare CARESCAPE Monitor B850 Product Usage: Intended uses of CARESCAPE B850 V2 in 510(k) countries [UR_CRSCP-1046]: The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 is a multi-parameter high acuity patient monitor intended for use in multiple areas within a professional healthcare facility. The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 is intended for use on adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients and on one patient at a time. The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 is indicated for monitoring of: -hemodynamic (including ECG, ST segment, arrhythmia detection, ECG diagnostic analysis and measurement, invasive pressure, non-invasive blood pressure, pulse oximetry, cardiac output (thermodilution and pulse contour), temperature, mixed venous oxygen saturation, and central venous oxygen saturation). -Respiratory (impedance respiration, airway gases (CO2, O2, N2O and anesthetic agents), spirometry, gas exchange) and -neurophysiological status (including electroencephalography, Entropy, Bispectral Index (BIS) and neuromuscular transmission. The CARESCAPE Monitor B850 also provides alarms, trends, snapshots and events, and calculations and can be connected to displays, printers and recording devices.

Reason for recall

When multiple CARESCAPEMonitor B450 or B850 units are connected to the same network and a network overload occurs for a prolonged time, the monitors may simultaneously restart as designed. The monitor restart will not be completed until the network issue has been corrected.

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