Class II — Potential Health Hazard

Potential health hazard — use of or exposure to this product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

AW VolumeShare 4 (ADVANTAGE WORKSTATION 4.3.) Recalled by GE Healthcare, LLC Due to GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a...

Date: September 19, 2013
Company: GE Healthcare, LLC
Status: Terminated
Source: FDA (Device)

What You Should Do

Stop using this product immediately. Do not consume, use, or distribute it.

Return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund. If you have questions, contact GE Healthcare, LLC directly.

Affected Products

AW VolumeShare 4 (ADVANTAGE WORKSTATION 4.3.), AW VolumeShare 5 (AW VOLUMESHARE 5 WITH ANGIOVIZ OPTION), AW Server. K052995: Advantage Workstation 4.3 is a review station, which allows easy selection, review, processing and filming of multi-modality DICOM images from a variety of diagnostic imaging systems. When interpreted by a trained physician, filmed or displayed images on the AW monitor may be used as a basis for diagnosis, except in the case of mammography images. K110834: AW VolumeShare 5 is a review workstation, which allows easy selection, review, processing and filming of multi-modality DICOM images from a variety of diagnostic imaging systems. When interpreted by a trained physician, filmed or displayed images on the AW monitor may be used as a basis of diagnosis, except in the case of mammography images. K081985: AW Server is a medical software system that allows multiple users to remotely access AW applications from compatible computers on a network. The system allows networking, selection, processing and filming of multimodality DICOM images. Both the client and server software are only for use with off the shelf hardware technology that meets defined minimum specifications.

Quantity: 1458 (336 US, 1122 OUS)

Why Was This Recalled?

GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to the image orientation within GSI viewer on AW products. The GSI Viewer application running on AW/Volume Share or on the AW Server when making a batch and rotating the batch group clockwise 180 degrees (Inferior to Superior) will display images in the Superior orientation. The orientation annotation on the image is correc

Where Was This Sold?

This product was distributed nationwide across all 50 states.

Affected (51 states)Not affected

About GE Healthcare, LLC

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Data sourced from the FDA (Device). Last updated March 26, 2026. View original report