GE Medical Systems, LLC: Medical Device Recall in 2016 - (Recall #: Z-0679-2016)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2016.

Data Source: FDA.
Product Description:

GE Healthcare, Aestiva MRI, 1006-9310-000. This version of the Datex-Ohmeda 7900 ventilator is used in Datex-Ohmeda Aestiva/5 anesthesia systems. It is a microprocessor based, electronically controlled, pneumatically driven ventilator that provides patient ventilation during surgical procedures. The Aestiva/5 MRI anesthesia system provides the functional feature set offered by the conventional Aestiva/5 to the clinician with the added ability to be used in the MR environment.

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: December 15, 2015
Date Posted: January 27, 2016
Recall Number: Z-0679-2016
Event ID: 72943
Reason for Recall:

The Drive Gas Check Valve of certain Anesthesia products could become stuck in a fixed open position, which could cause pressure to build in the mechanical ventilation cycle. If this issue is left unresolved, it could result in excessive or prolonged pressure in the patient breathing circuit during ventilation potentially resulting in barotrauma.

Status: Terminated
Product Quantity: 84
Code Information:

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Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide including PR except NH, VT, & WY. Internationally to ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA, BRAZIL, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, CHANA, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN KENYA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LITHUANIA,MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, QATAR, REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI lanka, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM.

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated