Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Brilliance Big Bore CT XRay System

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    60228
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0334-2012
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2011-09-22
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2011-12-01
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2013-02-22
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    System, X-ray, Tomography, computed - Product Code JAK
  • Causa
    Software errors. a number of non-conformances were found for the brilliance big bore and brilliance 64 computed tomography x-ray systems equipped with software version; 3.5 beta1. the non-conformances stem from software errors identified in the operating software.
  • Acción
    Philips Healthcare released a 'Field Change Order' (FCO #72800531) on September 12, 2011. Philips sent an - URGENT Medical Device Correction letter dated October 17, 2011, to all affected customers. The letter listed the affected device systems; described the nature of the software problem; and any possible hazard inherent to this situation. The letter informed customers on how to identify the affected products and what action to take. In this instance, the customer was asked to review the Customer Release Notes which were provided to each customer location once the software update is installed. The letter notified the customer that a Philips representative would be installing a software upgrade in order to address the referenced software issues free-of-charge, through a Field Change Order. Customers were instructed to contact their Philips representative or local Philips Healthcare Office for further information or support for this issue. For North America and Canada customers were instructed to contact the Customer Care Solutions Center (1-800-722-9377, option 5: Enter Site ID or follow the prompts).

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Model Number: 728243, Serial Numbers: 7298, and 7060.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - USA including Texas and the countries of Italy, India and China.
  • Descripción del producto
    Brilliance Big Bore Computed Tomography X-Ray System, 510(k) #K033357, Model Number: 728243, Serial Numbers: 7298, and 7060. The recalled device systems are equipped with Version 3.5 Beta 1 software. || The Brilliance Big Bore and Brilliance 64 are Computed Tomography X-Ray Systems intended thio product cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of X-Ray transmission data taken at different angles and planes. These devices may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient, and equipment supports, components and accessories.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc, 595 Miner Road, Cleveland OH 44143-2131
  • Source
    USFDA