FDA (Devices) recall action 72974
The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 3 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 3 pages.
Potential safety latch mechanism failure. The safety latch, within the column that supports the horizontal arm, is a backup in the unlikely event the primary safety cable breaks. A fall of the arm assembly could result in bodily harm to a person.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
GE Medical Systems is recalling 2,389 Optima XR220amx mobile radiographic systems worldwide due to a potential safety latch mechanism failure that could cause the arm assembly to fall.
GE Medical Systems is recalling 126 Brivo XR285amx mobile radiographic systems worldwide because a safety latch mechanism may fail, posing a risk of bodily harm.
GE Medical Systems is recalling 895 Optima XR200amx mobile radiographic systems worldwide due to a potential safety latch mechanism failure that could cause the arm assembly to fall.