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OPTIMA MR430S 1.5T - MAIN UNIT (2016-05-13) — recall 55488

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2016-05-30 · Type II

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
55488
Date of alert
2016-05-30
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type II
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue with gas venting. A site reported a magnet quenching with subsequent venting of the cryogen gas into the magnet room. Cryogen gas that vents into the magnet room could cause critical deprivation of oxygen to users and patients. There have been no injuries reported as a result of this issue. At this site, a magnet heater probe connection became disconnected. This resulted in ice build-up within the magnet blocking the cryogen vent. Since the vent was blocked by ice, the later magnet quench caused gas to be vented into the magnet room.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/optima-mr430s-15t-main-unit-20

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