Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Ingenia 1.5T and 3.0T MRI Systems

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
    60304
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0293-2012
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2011-08-03
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2011-11-28
  • 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, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging - Product Code LNH
  • Causa
    The firm determined that during scanning procedures, for some larger patients, some reddening of the skin of can occur in certain instances due to rf heating when the torso of the patient is positioned within the body coil.
  • Acción
    Philips Medical Systems ( Cleveland) Inc. sent a Urgent Field Safety Notice dated August 3, 2011, to all affected customers. Philips Field Service Engineers were dispatched to the affected customer sites to deliver the recall notification and to perform the necessary software corrections. The letter lists the affected MRI systems; describes the problem; the actions to be taken by the customer/user; it also informs the customer of the upcoming software correction which will be applied to each unit by the Philips Field Service Engineers in order to address this issue. If any additional information is required, the customer is instructed to contact their local Philips Field Service Engineer. For further questions please call Customer Care Solutions Center (CCSC) at 800-722-9377.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Twelve (12) units were distributed to customers in the U.S. The recalled Serial Numbers are: 42001, 42003, 41000, 41005, 42006, 42040, 41035, 41028, 42034, 42033, 41034 and 42038.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA (nationwide) including the states of AL, AZ, CA, GA, OR, MI, NJ and TX., and the countries of AU, BE, CH, DE, FR, JP, NL and SE.
  • Descripción del producto
    Ingenia 1.5T and 3.0T MRI Systems, Model Numbers: 781396 and 781377, 510(k) #K110151. System units equipped with software version: 4.1.1 are subject to recall/field correction. || This MRI system is indicated for use as a diagnostic device. It can produce cross-sectional images, spectroscopic images and/or spectra in any orientation of the internal structure of the head, body, or extremities. Image appearance is determined by the spatial distribution and flow as well as by many different NMR related properties of the tissue and anatomy studied and the MRI scan technique applied. These images and/or spectra, when interpreted by a trained physician, provide information that may assist the diagnosis.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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