Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc MRP-7000 and AIRIS Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems, Software Versions: V7.0A to V7.0J. Recall

Check Your Product

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Reason for Recall

As stated by FDA

Image orientation error. When a 3D Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) image data set is transferred from the MRI system to a computer workstation via the DICOM protocol, the anatomical markers do not change between the images as they rotate.

Recommended Action

Per FDA guidance

On 8/16/2006, Hitachi issued two (2) Device Correction letters. The first letter was addressed to the five (5) customers whose system units are currently ''de-installed''. This letter informs the customers of the problem and asks that the customer(s) please contact the firm''s Customer Service Center on their toll-free tel. # 1-800-800-4925, in order to schedule a device correction should the customer ever re-activate/install their system(s). The second letter, issued to the customers with activated MRP-7000 and/or AIRIS MRI systems, informs the customers of the problem, and states that a HMSA Service (person) will be contacting the customer in order to schedule a device correction which should address the problem.