GE Healthcare, Discovery MR450, Discovery MR750, Optima MR450w, Optima MR 450w GEM, Discovery MR750w, and…
Medical device recall Z-1480-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 30, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 30, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 3 states named
- 1,546 (704 US, 842 OUS). 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?
Potential safety issue with gradient coil electromechanical connections associated with GE MR Products. Gradient coil electromechanical connections may loosen causing an increase in resistance. The increased resistance can lead to increasing heat during scanning which, in turn, can cause material in the Rear Endbell enclosure to overheat, generate smoke in the scan room, and cause some localize
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
GE Healthcare, Discovery MR450, Discovery MR750, Optima MR450w, Optima MR 450w GEM, Discovery MR750w, and Discovery MR750w GEM products. Magnetic Resonance Diagnostic Device.
1,546 (704 US, 842 OUS)., in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
.FMI 60865 (DV Family Gradient Connections) Mfg Lot or Serial # SystemID 00001250FMM026 919684DMPMR1 00000301309MR1 6628 00000000HM0426 6947 00000305379MR0 7462 00001018XF503B 205592750 00001227FMM00T 201445750W 00000297006MR9 202476MR1…
Every code shown here, 1,998 characters
.FMI 60865 (DV Family Gradient Connections) Mfg Lot or Serial # SystemID 00001250FMM026 919684DMPMR1 00000301309MR1 6628 00000000HM0426 6947 00000305379MR0 7462 00001018XF503B 205592750 00001227FMM00T 201445750W 00000297006MR9 202476MR1 00000296307MR2 202476MR2 00000297727MR0 202476MR3 00000300562MR6 202476MR4 00000000UA0153 202966MR3TW 00000305414MR5 203739MR450W 00000301842MR1 203863MR450W 00001203FMMOUJ 205750MR5 00000298836MR8 205838MR4 00000298249MR4 205949MR450W 00000301841MR3 206292SR450W 00000000UA0026 206292SR750W 00000293338MR0 206CH750MR 00000295024MR4 207945MR750 00001250FMM033 207OA450WMR 00000305461MR6 208882MR450W 00000299644MR5 209225VC450 00001026XF5173 209225VC750 00001105XF502C 209SJMR 00000000UA0143 210617HUBMR 00000300706MR9 210MSMTMR 00000000UA0052 21277MR1 00000301045MR1 212989MR1 00000305990MR4 212GE450W 00000301820MR7 214266PCBCMR1 00000302494MR0 214302PDWMR1 00000300930MR5 214590MWMRE3 00001250FMM02W 214645UT3TMR1 00000030251MR2 215ARIA450W 00000304079MR7 217223BHMR 00000303322MR2 217258SBMR1 00000294098MR9 217383CMR5 00000291464MR6 217528MR1 00000000HM0640 217532DVMR 00000299560MR3 217732LMR 00000292843MR0 217788MR3 00001250FMM02E 217876DMH3T 00000307113MR1 217876FMR 00000303450MR1 218828MR 00000000UA0203 225763MR2 00000306130MR6 229228450W 00000123FMM0K4 239VA450MR 00000296369MR2 240215MR 00000302363MR7 240313MR 00000301471MR9 240683MR 00000292634MR3 2486613TMR 00000298535MR6 252436MPMR 00000299171MR9 252482MR450 00001250FMM02T 252NDMR450W 00000296070MR6 253596GHTMR 00001307FMM05K 256881MR1 00001301FMM04T 256HHMR2 00000296840MR2 256HICMR2 00000302944MR4 256ODCMR1 00000303639MR9 260426VAMR 00000301255MR6 260920MR 00000302633MR3 262656MR1 00000301867MR8 262687MR1 00000308096MR7 262785mr1 00000295802MR3 269DVMR 00000000UA0138 270798MR2 00000294057MR5 281274MR1 00000000UA0028 281274MR2 00000290050MR4 281276MR750 00000298727MR9 281348450WMR 00000296429MR4 281364MR2 00001001BD6325 281477MR2 00000304177MR9 301295MR3T2 00000295215MR8 301295MR4…
FDA’s list runs to 38,098 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-US (nationwide) except the states of ND and RI, including DC, GU, PR, and the countries of ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA,AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHILE, CHINA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, FINLAND, FRANCE, FRENCH POLYNESIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, INDIA,INDONESIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, LEBANON, MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW CALEDONIA, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, OMAN, POLAND, PUERTO RICO, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA.
The states and territories these words name
- District of Columbia
- Guam
- Puerto Rico
They leave out North Dakota and Rhode Island.
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 2, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Apr 21, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 30, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 8, 2015.
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 38,098 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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