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Event 65438

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 31, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Echelon, Echelon Oval and Oasis MR imaging device systems; one unit per box. The Echelon, Echelon Oval and Oasis MR systems are imaging devices, and are intended to provide the physician with physiological and clinical information, obtained non-invasively and without the use of ionizing radiation. The MR systems produce transverse, coronal, sagittal, oblique, and curved cross-sectional images that display the internal structure of the head, body, or extremities.

Z-1559-2013
Recall number
Z-1559-2013
Initiated
January 31, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
45 system units

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
software error

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Software design

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Reason for recall

Hitachi discovered a software error that can occur when simultaneously scanning a patient while processing images previously acquired from a different patient. The software error can occur randomly. The error causes an image in the processed dataset to have the same unique identifier (UID) as in the scanning dataset. The processed image is stored in the place of the original image, which is lost.

Code information

The following serial numbers are associated with this recall: Echelon - V061, V062, and V065 Oasis - M009, M017, M067, M071, M084, M106-M108, M110-M141 inclusive, and M952 Echelon Oval - Y001-Y005 inclusive

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide including the states of AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, NC, ND, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WI. One (1) system unit was also distributed to Mexico.