OEC Brivo 715 Prime, OEC Brivo 785 Essential, OEC Brivo 865 Advance Product Usage: The OEC Brivo Mobile C-Arm…
Medical device recall Z-0071-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 19, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 19, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 13 states named
- 148 total how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
GE Healthcare Surgery announces a voluntary field action for the OEC Brivo 715 Prime, OEC Brivo 685 Essential, and OEC Brivo 865 Advance because the circuit board that controls vertical motion of the C-arm may fail, resulting in the C-Arm moving up or down without command.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
OEC Brivo 715 Prime, OEC Brivo 785 Essential, OEC Brivo 865 Advance Product Usage: The OEC Brivo Mobile C-Arm X-Ray Products are designed to provide digital spot film imaging and fluoroscopic image guidance for all adult and pediatric populations for orientations between patient anatomy and surgical instruments. The product is used for general surgical applications and musculoskeletal procedures to visualize, for example, implant localizations or needle positions for aspirations, injections or biopsy. The OEC Brivo is not indicated for interventional use.
148 total, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
GE Brivo OEC715: Serial Numbers B2S15158 to B2S15164; B2S15166 to B2S15171; B2S15173 to B2S15195; B2S15197; B2S15200; B2S15202; B2S16046; B2S16050; B2S16051 GE Brivo OEC785: Serial Numbers B3S15236; B3S15241; B3S15242; B3S15246; B3S15248;…
Every code shown here, 426 characters
GE Brivo OEC715: Serial Numbers B2S15158 to B2S15164; B2S15166 to B2S15171; B2S15173 to B2S15195; B2S15197; B2S15200; B2S15202; B2S16046; B2S16050; B2S16051 GE Brivo OEC785: Serial Numbers B3S15236; B3S15241; B3S15242; B3S15246; B3S15248; B3S15250; B3S15253 to B3S15257; B3S15259 to B3S15338; B3S15353; B3S15357 to B3S15359; B3S16152 GE Brivo OEC865: Serial Numbers B4S15063 to B4S15070; B4S15072; B4S15073; B4S15075; B4S16029
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AL, AZ, CA, FL, KS, MS, NJ, NV, NY, PA, TX, UT, and WV. No Candaian or Va/govt/military consignees. There are 133 other foreign consignees.
The states and territories these words name
13 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Kansas
- Mississippi
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 23, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Oct 11, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 19, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 24, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- GE OEC Medical Systems, Inc, of Salt Lake City, UT.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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