Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall MX8000 Dual v. Exp 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
    59166
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2914-2011
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2011-06-03
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2011-08-01
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2013-08-07
  • 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 KPS
  • Causa
    Philips medical systems decided to conduct a recall/field correction of the patient support vertical brake hub component in all of their ct mx8000 dual v. exp computed tomography x-ray system scanners due to a component defect which could cause an unexpected downward motion of the table (couch) while the patient is on the table. this event could occur because the short key connecting the vertical.
  • Acción
    Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc. issued an "URGENT - Medical Device Correction - Field Safety Notice" letter dated June 1, 2011 to all affected customers, via Certified Mail for tracking purposes. The notification identified the product, the problem involved, and the action(s) to be taken by the customers with regard to this device issue. The notification instructs the customers to monitor their units and if the recalled product malfunctions, to immediately notify their Phillips service representative. The letter also states that a Philips Field Service Engineer will visit each customer location and perform a brake repair or replacement on their system to resolve the issue. For further information or support, the customers are instructed to contact their local Philips representative or local Philips Healthcare office. For North America and Canada the customers are instructed to contact the Customer Care Solutions Center (1-800-722-9377, option 5: Enter Site ID or follow the prompt(s).

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    The following Serial Numbers of the CT X-ray Scanners are subject to recall/correction: 8008-8413, 80001-800022.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA (nationwide) including the states of: AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, FA, HI, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NV, NY, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA and Puerto Rico and the country of Canada.
  • Descripción del producto
    Vertical Brake Hubs component of the Philips MX8000 Series Dual v. Exp. Computed Tomography System, Serial Numbers: 8008-8413, 80001-800022, Model #728130, 510 (k) #K010817. || Product Usag: The MX 8000 series Dual v. Exp are Computed Tomography X-Ray system units 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