Events

Recall of Manual Collimator Exchange system in use with an ADAC VERTEX Plus, CARDIO, SOLUS or VERTEX V60 imaging system(Nuclear Medicine Gamma Camera Systems)

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Philips Electronics Australia Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2015-RN-00400-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-05-15
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2015-RN-00400-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Philips healthcare received a report that during a manual collimator exchange procedure, when the operator was attempting to slide the collimator cassette from the collimator storage cabinet onto the collimator exchange carriage, the cassette did not align with the carriage top guide rollers and mechanical lock. the collimator and collimator cassette fell off the carriage resulting in the operator receiving a minor injury. this could result in serious injury to a person if it comes in direct contact with the operator. automatic collimator exchange system is not affected.
  • Action
    Philips Healthcare is instructing their customer not to proceed with collimator exchange procedure, if a misalignment on the top and/or bottom of the guide rail between the cabinet and carriage can be visually detected Philips Healthcare service technician will fix the issue prior to the continued use of the system. UPDATE: Philips is advising their customer that they must ensure collimator alignment is inspected via regularly scheduled Preventive Maintenance at 3 month intervals. An updated procedure for inspecting collimator alignment has been provided. This action has been closed-out on 10/08/2016.

Device

Manual Collimator Exchange system in use with an ADAC VERTEX Plus, CARDIO, SOLUS or VERTEX V60 im...
  • Model / Serial
    Manual Collimator Exchange system in use with an ADAC VERTEX Plus, CARDIO, SOLUS or VERTEX V60 imaging system(Nuclear Medicine Gamma Camera Systems)ARTG number: 117642
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Electronics Australia Ltd

Manufacturer

Philips Electronics Australia Ltd
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    DHTGA