Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Brilliance iCT and iCT SP

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
    61858
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1688-2012
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2012-05-07
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2012-05-30
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2013-02-26
  • 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
    On 3/5/2012, philips healthcare was notified of one incident involving a brilliance ict scanner that resulted in damage to the gantry and slight injury to the user when the heat exchanger detached from the cooling unit due to some missing welds.
  • Acción
    Philips Healthcare sent an "URGENT- MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" letter dated May 8, 2012 to all affected customers. The letter identifies the product and problem. No action is required by the customers. Additionally, a Field Service Engineer will contact each site to schedule time to implement the Field Change Order. Philips Healthcare will inspect the cooling units on all iCT and iCT SP systems for this issue and if the welds on a cooling unit do not pass the inspection, Philips will replace the cooling unit free of charge.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Brilliance iCT: Model# 728306 Brilliance iCT SP: Model# 728311
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, TN, TX, VT, WA and WV and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, ISRAEL, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand , Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.
  • Descripción del producto
    The Brilliance iCT and iCT SP are Computed Tomography X-Ray Systems intended to produce 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