# K093514: Discovery Model NM/CT 670

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Ge Medical Systems F.I. Haifa
- Decided: Dec 10, 2009 after 27 days
- Product code: KPS (System, Tomography, Computed, Emission)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1200
- Recalls of this device: 21 (2 Class I)
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 7 generations back to K952674 (1995). 30 ancestors in all.
13 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
10 of 44 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K022960: GE Quasar Nuclear Medicine System, Ge Medical Systems F.I. Haifa (2002) Summary page 1.
- K082816: GE Brightspeed Delight CT Scanner System, Ge Medical Systems, LLC (2008) Summary page 1.
- K082506: Symbia, Version 4.0, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (2008) Summary page 1.
- K052434: Hawkeye 4 Option for Dual-Head Variable Angle Gamma Camera, GE Medical Systems (2005) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K153402: Discovery NM/CT 670 CZT (2016), 6 descendants of its own
- K182484: VERITON CT whole body SPECT/CT system (2018), 3 descendants of its own
- K190457: VERITON CT whole body SPECT/CT system (2019), 2 descendants of its own
- K111445: Discovery NM 630 (2011), 2 descendants of its own
- K243605: Aurora (2025), 1 descendant of its own

## Recalls of this device
- Dec 18, 2024 · Class II · Z-0891-2025: GE HealthCare has become aware that certain Infinia, VariCam/VG/VH, Brivo NM 615, Discovery NM 630, Discovery NM/CT 670, and Optima NM/CT 640 Nuclear Medicine systems (see Affected Products Details an
- Dec 18, 2024 · Class II · Z-0894-2025: GE HealthCare has become aware that certain Infinia, VariCam/VG/VH, Brivo NM 615, Discovery NM 630, Discovery NM/CT 670, and Optima NM/CT 640 Nuclear Medicine systems (see Affected Products Details an
- Dec 18, 2024 · Class II · Z-0893-2025: GE HealthCare has become aware that certain Infinia, VariCam/VG/VH, Brivo NM 615, Discovery NM 630, Discovery NM/CT 670, and Optima NM/CT 640 Nuclear Medicine systems (see Affected Products Details an
- Dec 18, 2024 · Class II · Z-0895-2025: GE HealthCare has become aware that certain Infinia, VariCam/VG/VH, Brivo NM 615, Discovery NM 630, Discovery NM/CT 670, and Optima NM/CT 640 Nuclear Medicine systems (see Affected Products Details an
- Dec 19, 2022 · Class I · Z-1053-2023: A mitigation may not be correctly implemented. If this is the case, the detector can fall, leading to life-threatening bodily injury.
- Feb 7, 2021 · Class II · Z-1547-2021: GE Healthcare has become aware of a potential issue on 800 family NM/CT Scanners that could cause a shift in CT radiation exposure range of up to 5cm compared to the intended radiation exposure range 
- Dec 10, 2020 · Class II · Z-0857-2021: GE Healthcare has become aware that rotor bearing screws were found loose on one detector in the field, leading to the release of one of the four rotor bearings in the detector.
- Aug 14, 2020 · Class II · Z-2998-2020: Rotor bearing screws were found loose on detector.
- Aug 14, 2020 · Class II · Z-2997-2020: Rotor bearing screws were found loose on detector.
- Aug 14, 2020 · Class II · Z-2996-2020: Rotor bearing screws were found loose on detector.
- Mar 20, 2019 · Class II · Z-1260-2019: During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector moun
- Mar 20, 2019 · Class II · Z-1259-2019: During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector moun
- Mar 20, 2019 · Class II · Z-1265-2019: During installation of certain Nuclear Medicine systems delivered with dismounted detectors, some detector screws may not have been secured correctly, leading to the possible loss of one detector moun
- May 24, 2018 · Class II · Z-0606-2019: When your system was installed, the Main disconnect switch, EPO button on the A1 panel, and Remote EPO button(s) (outside of the A1 panel) may not have been wired correctly which could result in these
- May 24, 2018 · Class II · Z-0608-2019: When your system was installed, the Main disconnect switch, EPO button on the A1 panel, and Remote EPO button(s) (outside of the A1 panel) may not have been wired correctly which could result in these
- May 24, 2018 · Class II · Z-0607-2019: When your system was installed, the Main disconnect switch, EPO button on the A1 panel, and Remote EPO button(s) (outside of the A1 panel) may not have been wired correctly which could result in these
- May 19, 2017 · Class II · Z-2194-2017: It was discovered that an issue has been identified that can result in a scan starting before the prescribed delay has completed.
- Oct 25, 2013 · Class II · Z-0367-2014: GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue related to a SPECT scan procedure used for pulmonary imaging. Contact between the Detector (GE Healthcare Discovery NM/CT 670, and/o
- Jun 13, 2013 · Class I · Z-1792-2013: GE became aware of an incident at a VA Medical Center facility in the US in which a patient died due to injuries sustained while being scanned on an Infinia Hawkeye 4 Nuclear Medicine System. UPDATE: 
- Oct 12, 2012 · Class II · Z-0121-2013: GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue associated with the table pallet of your Discovery NM/CT 670 and/or Discovery NM630 system which may impact operation safety. At sca
- Jan 11, 2012 · Not classified · Z-1110-2012: GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue associated with the collimator cart and lead cover of your Discovery NM/CT 670 and/or Discovery NM 630 system that may impact operat

## Indications for use
The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system is a medical tool intended for use by appropriately trained healthcare professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing of diseases and organ function for the evaluation of diseases, trauma, abnormalities, and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The system output can also be used by the physician for staging and restaging of tumors, planning, guiding, and monitoring therapy. The GE Discovery NM/VCT 670 system, combining Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Computed Tomography (Cr)systems, is intended to produce: NM System: General Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the patient body, using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition types and imaging features designed to enhance image quality. The scanning modes include planar mode (Static, Multi-gated, Dynamic and Whole body scanning) and tomographic mode (SPECT, Gated SPECT, Whole body SPECT). The acquisition types include single and multi-isotope/multi peak frame/list mode single-photon imaging. The imaging-enhancement features include assortment of collimators, gating by physiological signals, and real-time automatic body contouring. CT System: Cross sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of X-Ray transmission data taken at different angles and planes, including Axial, Cine, Helical, Cardiac, and Gated acquisitions. These images may be obtained with or without contrast. The CT system is indicated for head, whole body, cardiac and vascular X-Ray Computed Tomography applications NM + CT System: Combined, hybrid SPECT and CT protocols, for CT-based SPECT attenuation corrected imaging as well as functional and anatomical mapping imaging (localization, registration and fusion). The GE Discovery NM/CT 670 system may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, components and accessories. The system may include data and image processing to7 produce images in a variety of trans-axial and reformatted planes. The images can also be post processed to produce additional images, imaging planes, and analysis results. The system may be used for patients of all ages.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K093514
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology