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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

Merge OfficePACS software. The firm name on the label is Merge Healthcare, Hartland, WI. OfficePACS is intended for the manipulation and displaying of medical images by a suitable licensed and qualified healthcare professional. It can show images from different modalities and interfaces to various image storage and printing devices using DICOM or similar interface standards. OrthoPACS also uses such images, in conjunction with templates for prosthetic devices, for the purposes of choosing the nature and characteristics of the prosthetic device to be used when planning a potential surgical procedure.

Z-2144-2016

January 30, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Merge Healthcare, Inc.
Event
Event 74522
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
216 sites have the affected software
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2144-2016

Official wording

Reason: Potential data loss occurs as a result of the software archiving not working properly.

Code information: Software versions: 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.2

Distribution pattern: The software was distributed nationwide to medical facilities. There was no government/military/foreign distribution.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Potential data loss occurs as a result of the software archiving not working properly.