FDA-Device2026-04-08Class IIPROCESSING DEFECT

GE Healthcare SIGNA Premier MRI scanners recalled for steel fittings hazard

Nationwide distribution

Check your GE SIGNA Premier MRI scanner

GE Healthcare SIGNA Premier whole-body MRI scanners may have steel fittings instead of brass fittings on the magnet rear. During service work while the magnet is powered up, the magnetic field could pull on these steel parts, risking injury to technicians.

  • If you operate or service a SIGNA Premier scanner, contact GE Healthcare immediately for inspection and correction
  • Do not allow service access to the magnet rear while the system is ramped (powered) until fittings are verified
Hazard

Whole-Body MR scanners used to produce images of the inside of the human body to aid diagnosis of disease may have been manufactured/serviced with ferrous (steel) fittings instead of non-ferrous (brass) fittings on the magnet rear and if system is accessed to perform service while the magnet is ramped, the magnetic field could attract the ferrous fittings potentially resulting in personnel injury.

Sold states
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution in the states of CA, MA, NJ, NY, OH, SD, TX, VA, PR and the countries of Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vietnam, China, Norway, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Korea, Republic of
Affected count
41
Manufactured in
3001 W Radio Dr, Florence, SC, United States
Products
SIGNA Premier systems

Official notice

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1767-2026

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