VariCam
Medical device recall Z-0704-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 16, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 16, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Completed its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 64 units 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?
A potential hazardous situation may occur if the collimator locking handle is not properly placed in the lock position and the warning circuit does not detect that the collimator is unlocked because of the patient proximity to the collimator during a clinical scan.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
VariCam
64 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: 0000000010-203 0000000010-191 000003100-1829 00008125-18-18 00000000010-15 00000000010-63 00008125-16-59 000000099-4-04 00000000010-31 00000000010-82 00008125-16-70 00008125-18-09 00008125-18-16 00000000017-64 10280…
Every code shown here, 856 characters
Serial Numbers: 0000000010-203 0000000010-191 000003100-1829 00008125-18-18 00000000010-15 00000000010-63 00008125-16-59 000000099-4-04 00000000010-31 00000000010-82 00008125-16-70 00008125-18-09 00008125-18-16 00000000017-64 10280 00000000010-30 000003681-1803 00000000018-24 000003100-1840 000003101-1502 000003100-1744 00000000017-36 00000000016-86 00000000017-31 1065 1998 1999 000008125-1630 1008 00000000017-20 00000000017-22 00000000017-23 1804 00000000030-14 00000000030-15 00000000010-37 00000000010-44 00000000010-55 00000000030-16 00000000018-39 1704 00000ICPO50612 1697 1696 000000163-1758 00000000018-23 00000000016-73 00000000030-04 00000000010-59 00000000018-22 000003100-1760 000003100-1743 0000000010-134 000003100-1719 343 000003100-1763 61061 00000000010-04 00000000030-11 1649 00000000010-67 00000000010-45 00000000017-27 00000000017-15
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
These words name no state.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Completed, in FDA’s file.
“The recall action reaches the point at which the firm has actually retrieved and impounded all outstanding product that could reasonably be expected to be recovered, or has completed all product corrections.”
openFDA, on “Completed”, 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 Oct 30, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Jan 9, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 16, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- GE Healthcare, LLC, of Waukesha, WI.
- 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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