Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall GEMINI GXL

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
    52176
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1579-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2009-02-19
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-07-06
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-09-21
  • 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, tomography, computed, emission - Product Code KPS
  • Causa
    A software anomaly in the tumorloc software for the firm's brilliance ct scanners was discovered. the same software anomaly was subsequently determined to be present in the firm's gemini pet/ct units. the software defect results in a the potential for data to be lost during reconstruction of images in which slices can either be discarded, or interleaved based upon their series id.
  • Acción
    An "URGENT - Field Safety Notice" dated February 12, 2009 was sent via FedEx to domestic customers. The notice described the affected products, issue, involved hazard should problem occur and corrective actions for the customer/user. The letter also notified users/customers that a Philips Healthcare Field Service Engineer will contact and visit their site within 6 months to install a TumorLoc upgrade. Notification will also be sent to the international consignees by Philips personnel. For further information or support concerning this issue, please contact your local Philips representative: Customer Care Center (1-800-722-9377, option 5: Diagnostic Imaging, option 5: Radiation Therapy, option 3: Oncology) or to your local Philips Healthcare office.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    GEMINI GXL 16 Slice - Serial Numbers: 4149, 4150, and 4173.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- US, Columbia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium and Slovenia.
  • Descripción del producto
    TumorLoc Software Application, Software versions: 23.1.1, 20.7.13, and 20.8.15. This is an option available for purchase for use on the GEMINI GXL 16 Slice PET/CT System (contains EBW 455011002031 as an accessory), Catalog #882410, Model Number: 4535 679 71891. CT host. 2.2. || Tumor Localization is an application used in radiation oncology departments for localizing target volumes for radiation therapy planning. It includes exclusive features for viewing Respiratory Correlated CT data sets and analyzing motion of target and surrounding anatomy.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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