Merge Healthcare, Inc.: Medical Device Recalls in 2014

According to to data from the FDA, there were 2 medical device recalls made by Merge Healthcare, Inc. in 2014. See the details of the recalls below.

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• eFilm Workstation 4.0 and 4.0.1. eFilm Workstation is one of the components of a PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System). Product Usage: eFilm Workstation is a software application that is used for viewing medical images. eFilm Workstation receives digital images and data from various sources (including but not limited to CT,MR, US, RF units, computed and direct radiographic devices, secondary capture devices, scanners, imaging gateways or imaging sources). Images are stored, communicated, processed and displayed on the local disc of a workstation and/or across computer networks at distributed locations. Tasks that users may perform when viewing images include, but are not limited to: adjustment of window width and level; image stacking; annotation and measurement of regions of interest; and inversion, rotation, and flips of images. In addition, eFilm Workstation can be integrated with an institution s existing HIS or RIS for a fully integrated electronic patient record.
• Merge Healthcare, Merge Hemo Programmable diagnostic computer. The system comprises the Patient Data Module and the HeartSuite Hemodynamics Hemo Monitor PC. The two units are connected via a serial interface. All vital parameters and evaluations are registered and calculated in the Patient Data Module. This data is then transmitted to the HeartSuite Hemodynamics Hemo Monitor PC via the serial interface. All data can be shown and monitored on the HeartSuite Hemodynamics Hemo Monitor PC. The Patient Data Module uses an internal battery charged from an external power input (RS 232/12V). The power supply, like the data transmission, is completely isolated from the visualization unit. The HeartSuite Hemodynamics Hemo Monitor PC is powered via the normal mains connection 230V/1 IOV.