Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de SKYLight Gamma Camera

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.

¿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
    57029
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0398-2011
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2010-10-15
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2010-11-17
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-03-21
  • 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
    Emission Computed Tomography System - Product Code KPS
  • Causa
    Detector arm assembly may slide to hardware limit, potentially causing impact.
  • Acción
    Firm will notify consignees via Urgent - Medical Device Correction, dated Nov 3, 2010, via FedEx. The letter identified the affected product, described the problem, the hazard involved, how to identify affected products, actions to be taken, and actions planned by Philips. Customers are to contact their Field Safety Engineer immediately to schedule an inspection of their system. If customers suspect that the identified problem has occurred with their device, they should immediately stop using the system until Philips has confirmed it as safe to use. If customers need further information concerning this issue, they are to contact their local Philips representative.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    3/8" SPECT, Model number 4535 600 66661, and 5/8 SPECT, Model number 4535 602 20381, all units manufactured between July 2001 to August 2003.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA and the Netherlands.
  • Descripción del producto
    SKYLight Gamma Camera Gearbox brake, a component of the SKYLight Gamma Cameras 3/8" SPECT, Model number 4535 600 66661; and 5/8" SPECT, Model number 4535 602 20381, manufactured by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Cleveland OH. || Intended to produce images depicting the anatomical distributions of single photon and positron emitting radioisotopes within the human body for interpretation by medical personnel.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Philips Medical Systems, 3860 N 1st St, San Jose CA 95134-1702
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA