VMX, VMX Plus Mobile Radiographic Unit with the following models: 45296139
Medical device recall Z-1083-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 17, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 17, 2013. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 15 states named
- 1296 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 has become aware of an issue associated with the base casting for the articulated arm of your VMX and VMX Plus Mobile X-ray systems that may impact Operator or Patient safety.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
VMX, VMX Plus Mobile Radiographic Unit with the following models: 45296139; 45296200; 45296350; 45296477; 45296964; 45297001; 45296966; 45297003; 2240169; 2240171; 2240172; 2240173. Product Usage: The VMX is a mobile radiography system incorporating stylish design for totally adapted use in intensive care, emergencies, pediatrics, neonatology and orthopedics.
1296, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
FMI 10850: VMX ARM BASE CASTING REPLACEMENT Serial Number 00000155075MO5 00000006136YY6 00000006802YY3 00000006799YY1 00000007989YY7 00000007990YY5 00000002358YY0 00000021131YY8 00000021132YY6 00000021146YY6 00000021139YY1 00000021141YY7…
Every code shown here, 1,993 characters
FMI 10850: VMX ARM BASE CASTING REPLACEMENT Serial Number 00000155075MO5 00000006136YY6 00000006802YY3 00000006799YY1 00000007989YY7 00000007990YY5 00000002358YY0 00000021131YY8 00000021132YY6 00000021146YY6 00000021139YY1 00000021141YY7 00000021159YY9 00000041750YY1 00000021108YY6 00000041725YY3 00000041778YY2 00000083296YY4 00000085032YY1 00000118252MO6 00000085956YY1 00000160478MO4 00000021116YY9 00000021017YY9 00000011088YY2 00000024550YY6 00000021097YY1 00000031512YY7 00000031585YY3 00000025793YY1 00000002355YY6 00000006148YY1 00000147625MO8 00000021024YY5 00000021134YY2 00000021140YY9 00000024543YY1 00000021103YY7 00000021107YY8 00000021151YY6 00000041762YY6 00000041772YY5 00000041768YY3 00000041766YY7 00000041764YY2 00000041771YY7 00000041770YY9 00000041784YY0 00000041783YY2 00000083295YY6 00000140455MO7 00000140451MO6 00000086024YY7 00000086043YY7 00000086036YY1 00000086025YY4 00000086046YY0 00000086048YY6 00000140453MO2 00000086049YY4 00000086032YY0 00000086026YY2 00000086033YY8 00000140467MO2 00000140473MO0 00000140459MO9 00000140464MO9 00000140460MO7 00000140471MO4 00000160470MO1 00000008077YY0 00000083292YY3 00000059632YY1 00000006796YY7 00000006804YY9 00000021157YY3 00000021158YY1 00000041780YY8 00000086001YY5 00000086016YY3 00000086017YY1 00000140487MO0 00000021051YY8 00000155065MO6 00000085037YY0 00000085031YY3 00000084999YY2 00000106771MO9 00059632YY70CS 00000140535MO6 00059632YY71CS 00000005327YY2 00000013802YY4 00000024542YY3 00000024564YY7 00000031588YY7 00000048207YY5 00000048221YY6 00000048220YY8 00000059601YY5 00000083261YY8 00000085043YY8 00000085060YY2 00000085081YY8 00000085080YY0 00000089505MO2 00106782MO35CS 00000089509MO4 00000089520MO1 00000089522MO7 00000089532MO6 00106782MO37CS 00000089547MO4 00000106753MO7 00000118276MO5 00000118277MO3 00000118279MO9 00000118278MO1 00000140525MO7 00059632YY72CS 00000140526MO5 00000140546MO3 00000147624MO1 00000106778MO4 00000106780MO0 00000155024MO3 00000041752YY7 00000025765YY9 00000059632YY3…
FDA’s list runs to 19,479 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
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 - USA (nationwide) including the states of: AR, CA, GA, IL, IN,IA,LA, MA, MN, MT, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA and the countries of BELGIUM, BURKINA FASO, BRAZIL, CHINA, CANADA, SWITZERLAND, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, GERMANY, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EGYPT, SPAIN, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, CHANA, GUADELOUPE, GREECE, GUYANA, HONG KONG, CROATIA, HUNGARY, INDONESIA, ISRAEL, ITALY, KUWAIT, LEBANON LUXEMBURG, LIBYAN, MOROCCO, MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, PANAMA, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL , REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SINGAPORE, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, SIERRA LEONE, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, VENEZUELA, MACEDONIA, PALESTINE, SOUTH AFRICA.
The states and territories these words name
15 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Montana
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- 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 Jan 23, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Apr 10, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 17, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Feb 4, 2014.
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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 19,479 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- 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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