FDA-cleared profile

Vivid S60N, Vivid S70N

GE Medical Systems Ultrasound and Primary Care Diagnostics

Vivid S60N and Vivid S70N are general-purpose cardiac diagnostic ultrasound systems for qualified healthcare professionals, supporting adult and pediatric echocardiography and labeled thoracic or pleural ultrasound applications.

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Clinical fit

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Exact purpose
Vivid S60N and Vivid S70N are general-purpose cardiac diagnostic ultrasound systems for qualified healthcare professionals, supporting adult and pediatric echocardiography and labeled thoracic or pleural ultrasound applications.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Intended users
Qualified physicians, sonographers, and other trained ultrasound professionals.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Care setting and population
Hospitals, clinics, offices, operating rooms, and point-of-care environments within the cleared applications.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Workflow role
Ultrasound acquisition, measurement, analysis, reporting, and release-specific AI assistance.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Required input
Live or imported ultrasound data from supported probes, systems, host devices, and applications.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Output and human action
Ultrasound images, measurements, calculations, overlays, and reports for clinician review.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Limitations
AI-assisted measurements, views, and guidance do not replace image-quality assessment or clinician interpretation; supported probes, host devices, populations, and features differ by release.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

Regulatory identity

FDA record and catalog context

The FDA listing establishes the regulatory identity. It does not by itself establish local workflow fit, pricing, security, or performance in your environment.

FDA submission
K220619
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Modality
Ultrasound
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Anatomy
Heart/Cardiovascular
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Clearance type
510(k)
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Decision date
2022-07-15
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
FDA status
FDA-cleared
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31

Implementation

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Integration
Validate supported probes and host devices, patient matching, DICOM or local export, PACS measurements, worklist, report transfer, and offline or downtime behavior.
Public source Product family Checked 2026-09-03

Current vendor materials are product-family evidence for K220619; confirm the exact cleared version, enabled options, deployment, and local compatibility.

Deployment and data flow
Ultrasound hardware or software with supported probes, host devices, licensed options, and network configuration.
Public source Product family Checked 2026-09-03

Current vendor materials are product-family evidence for K220619; confirm the exact cleared version, enabled options, deployment, and local compatibility.

Security and privacy
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

Public materials reviewed for this exact release do not establish the complete security posture. Request data-flow, identity, audit, encryption, retention, remote-access, vulnerability-management, backup, and incident-response evidence.

Training and support
Only qualified physicians, sonographers, and other trained ultrasound professionals should operate or interpret the product. Local onboarding should cover the exact release, supported population, limitations, failure examples, escalation, downtime, and competency documentation.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Monitoring and change control
Monitor by exact hardware, software, model, and algorithm version; patient population; anatomy; protocol; operator; input quality; output edits or overrides; failed studies; repeat acquisition or rework; downstream impact; downtime; incidents; recalls; and updates. Track these product-specific limits: AI-assisted measurements, views, and guidance do not replace image-quality assessment or clinician interpretation; supported probes, host devices, populations, and features differ by release.
Public source Product family Checked 2026-09-03

Current vendor materials are product-family evidence for K220619; confirm the exact cleared version, enabled options, deployment, and local compatibility.

Release and scope verification

Map the installed model, build, options, population, anatomy, inputs, outputs, and enabled AI functions to K220619 before acceptance.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

Later product-family features are not evidence that this cleared release includes them.

Interoperability acceptance

Validate supported probes and host devices, patient matching, DICOM or local export, PACS measurements, worklist, report transfer, and offline or downtime behavior.

product family · checked 2026-09-03

Test representative identifiers, orientation, geometry, measurements, units, routing, failure handling, and round trips locally. Vendor statements are current product-family context; confirm the exact cleared release and installed options.

Clinical acceptance

Use a signed local test set for the supported population and workflow. Include common and difficult cases, exclusions, acquisition variation, failed or low-quality inputs, reviewer overrides, and downstream effects. AI-assisted measurements, views, and guidance do not replace image-quality assessment or clinician interpretation; supported probes, host devices, populations, and features differ by release.

exact submission · checked 2026-09-03

Define stop-use, escalation, rollback, and revalidation triggers before production use.

Economic evaluation

Model capital and recurring cost against net staff time after review, throughput, repeat imaging or rework, room time, consumables, infrastructure, training, service, downtime, upgrade, and replacement costs.

product family · checked 2026-09-03

No exact-product price was found in the reviewed public material; vendor productivity claims are scenario inputs, not guaranteed local savings.

Lifecycle monitoring

Monitor by exact hardware, software, model, and algorithm version; patient population; anatomy; protocol; operator; input quality; output edits or overrides; failed studies; repeat acquisition or rework; downstream impact; downtime; incidents; recalls; and updates. Track these product-specific limits: AI-assisted measurements, views, and guidance do not replace image-quality assessment or clinician interpretation; supported probes, host devices, populations, and features differ by release.

product family · checked 2026-09-03

Revalidate after material software, hardware, model, protocol, interface, or clinical-policy changes. Vendor statements are current product-family context; confirm the exact cleared release and installed options.

Evidence

Performance evidence

Metrics are shown only when they are tied to a source, endpoint, population, and tested product version.

Evidence summary
The K220619 FDA decision summary describes the Vivid S60N and S70N cardiac ultrasound systems, workflow and visualization changes, remote-viewing functions, and the added thoracic or pleural application. It does not establish a general AI diagnostic sensitivity or specificity claim.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03
Reported sensitivity
Not applicable
Not applicable Not applicable Checked 2026-09-03

Sensitivity is not the primary endpoint for this system, reconstruction, segmentation, guidance, or quantitative function. Use the task-specific evidence below.

Reported specificity
Not applicable
Not applicable Not applicable Checked 2026-09-03

Specificity is not the primary endpoint for this system, reconstruction, segmentation, guidance, or quantitative function. Use the task-specific evidence below.

No contextualized exact-version metric has completed evidence review. Regulatory-document values, when available, are shown above with their limitations.

K220619 FDA performance package for Vivid S60N, Vivid S70N

Manufacturer cardiac-ultrasound hardware, software, image-quality, acoustic, electrical-safety, EMC, usability, and thoracic or pleural application verification and validation submitted in K220619 · Adult and pediatric cardiac imaging plus the labeled thoracic or pleural ultrasound workflow using supported Vivid systems, probes, modes, and configurations

exact submission · Tested version: Vivid S60N and Vivid S70N (K220619) · Sponsor or vendor study

K220619

Manufacturer evidence submitted for FDA clearance or approval; local clinical, technical, and workflow acceptance remains necessary.

Economics and lifecycle

Budget and ongoing governance

These are common procurement questions; unknown values remain visible until a source supports them.

Pricing and total cost
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-03

No public list price for the exact cleared configuration was found. Obtain a written quote separating hardware or license basis, implementation, interfaces, infrastructure, training, service, upgrades, renewal, consumables, and exit costs.

Reimbursement and coding
No separate named-product Medicare payment was identified in the reviewed CMS coverage material. Evaluate the product within the applicable imaging, procedural, or surgical service line and verify payer, site-of-service, and coding assumptions independently.
Public source Not applicable Checked 2026-09-03

No product-specific code

No separate named-product payment identified in reviewed public material

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · United States

Build a local total-cost and value model; do not infer reimbursement from FDA clearance or approval.

Safety and lifecycle

Postmarket record

Recall and adverse-event records are shown only after product matching. Adverse-event reports do not establish incidence or causality.

Postmarket safety review
2 exact-submission FDA recall records in the 2026-09-02 openFDA snapshot identify K220619. Affected model, version, unit, correction, and current manufacturer instructions still require local confirmation. FDA recall Z-2126-2023 is Open, Classified for GE Healthcare Vivid S60N, ultrasound device. FDA reason: GE HealthCare has become aware that certain Vivid ultrasound systems cannot boot up in a timely fashion. If this occurs, it can delay availability of the device in time-critical emergency situations. FDA action: GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction notice to its consignees on 05/30/2023 by mail (traceable means). The notice explained the problem with the instrument and provided the following: "You can continue to use your device. Please follow clinical practice guidelines, which include having a backup imaging plan when performing time-critical examinations or image-guided interventions." The devices will be corrected at no charge to the consignee. FDA recall Z-2127-2023 is Open, Classified for GE Healthcare Vivid S70N, ultrasound device. FDA reason: GE HealthCare has become aware that certain Vivid ultrasound systems cannot boot up in a timely fashion. If this occurs, it can delay availability of the device in time-critical emergency situations. FDA action: GE Healthcare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction notice to its consignees on 05/30/2023 by mail (traceable means). The notice explained the problem with the instrument and provided the following: "You can continue to use your device. Please follow clinical practice guidelines, which include having a backup imaging plan when performing time-critical examinations or image-guided interventions." The devices will be corrected at no charge to the consignee.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-04

Each published event was manually matched to the exact FDA submission and affected product or version; a recall does not establish an AI-algorithm defect or current site exposure unless the event states that scope.

recall: Z-2126-2023

Open, Classified

2023-07-10

Exact native submission match in the checked openFDA snapshot. Published as a product, system, labeling, or postmarket issue; the FDA record does not identify an AI-algorithm defect unless it says so. Confirm affected model, version, units, corrective action, and completion status locally.

recall: Z-2127-2023

Open, Classified

2023-07-10

Exact native submission match in the checked openFDA snapshot. Published as a product, system, labeling, or postmarket issue; the FDA record does not identify an AI-algorithm defect unless it says so. Confirm affected model, version, units, corrective action, and completion status locally.

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Research record

What has been checked

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Human reviewedStatus
2026-09-04Last searched
25Fields reviewed
11Source classes checked
0Unreviewed PubMed leads
0Unreviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads

Recovered from the prior exact-submission extraction and normalized under the current provenance rules. Exact FDA decision materials were reviewed for identity, indication, users, workflow, limitations, and submitted performance. Current vendor material is labeled product-family context where it does not establish the exact release. PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov results are retained as candidate evidence with version applicability pending; CMS reimbursement context and exact-identifier openFDA postmarket results were also checked. Pricing, final security architecture, contracted services, enabled options, and local interoperability remain organization-specific evidence. Automated exact-name discovery found 0 PubMed and 0 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records. Candidates require human product and version matching; zero candidates is not evidence that no studies exist. 2 FDA recall candidates were manually reviewed: 2 published and 0 rejected as a neighboring or otherwise inapplicable version. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 2 postmarket candidate records; 2 have been reviewed (2 published, 0 rejected) and 0 remain unreviewed.

Candidate leads remain unpublished until a human confirms the exact product and tested version.

Source classes: fda ai list, fda decision summary, fda decision material, vendor product page, peer reviewed literature, clinical trial registry, reimbursement policy, fda device recall, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall

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