GE Healthcare, Discovery MR750w 3.0T System
Medical device recall Z-1100-2013. 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 11 states named
- 46 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 recently become aware of a potential issue due to image flip in frequency encoding direction associated with a specific workflow of your Discovery MR750w system. Image flip issue in frequency encoding direction (including S/I, A/P and R/L) can result in incorrect localization of anatomy and pathological findings.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GE Healthcare, Discovery MR750w 3.0T System. Part Number: 5352293. Product Usage: It is indicated for use as a diagnostic imaging device to produce axial, sagittal, coronal, and oblique images, spectroscopic images, parametric maps, and/or spectra,dynamic images of the structures and/or functions of the entire body, including, but not limited to, head, neck, TMJ, spine, breast, heart, abdomen, pelvis, joints, prostate,blood vessels, and musculoskeletal regions of the body.
46, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Number 00000000UA0027 00000000UA0012 00000000UA0029 00000000UA0031 00000000UA0030 00000000UA0028 00000000UA0034 00000000UA0038 00000000UA0048 00000000UA0046 00000000UA0052 00000000UA0041 00000000UA0011A 00000000UA0055 00000000UA0056…
Every code shown here, 704 characters
Serial Number 00000000UA0027 00000000UA0012 00000000UA0029 00000000UA0031 00000000UA0030 00000000UA0028 00000000UA0034 00000000UA0038 00000000UA0048 00000000UA0046 00000000UA0052 00000000UA0041 00000000UA0011A 00000000UA0055 00000000UA0056 00000000UA0057 00000000UA0064 00000000UA0053 00000000UA0044 00000000UA0047 00000000UA0010 00000000UA0013 00000000UA0017 00000000UA0042 00000000UA0016 00000000UA0019 00000000UA0015 00000000UA0058 00000000UA0051 00000000UA0025 00000000UA0024 00000000UA0020 00000000UA0040 00000000UA0018 00000000UA0036 00000000UA0043 00000000UA0054 00000000UA0022 00000000UA0023 00000000UA0045 00000000UA0039 00000000UA0035 00000000UA0049 00000000UA0021 00000000UA0033 00000000UA0037
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: AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, MD, NJ, NY, OH, OK, TX. and the countries of Australia, Belarus, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
The states and territories these words name
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Texas
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 Apr 23, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Apr 11, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 17, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 14, 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.”
- 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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