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Safety Alert for Commercial Name: Allura Xper Angiography Equipment; ANVISA registration numbers: 10216710153; Risk class: III; Aura affected: Allura Xper FD20; Serial numbers affected: 2352 (which is in Ribeirão Preto-SP).

According to Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), this safety alert involved a device in Brazil that was produced by Philips Medical Systems Ltda.; Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V..

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    1859
  • Date
    2016-04-01
  • Event Country
    Brazil
  • Event Source
    ANVISA
  • Event Source URL
    http://www.anvisa.gov.br/sistec/alerta/consultaralerta.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, 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 data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Philips will contact you for scheduling and Philips maintenance engineers will install Software that solves the audible alarm problem. If you need any additional information or support regarding this issue, please contact our Solution Center at 0800-701-7789. Reception from Mon to Sat from 07 to 19h.
  • Reason
    Philips healthcare has identified, through customer complaints and internal testing, an intermittent electronic defect in the product. under certain circumstances, a software error may lead to a situation where the five-minute fluoroscopy beep is not emitted as required in 21cfr1020.32 (h) (2) (ii) and iec 60601-2-54 , clause 203.6.2.1.C. no injuries attributed to the problem were reported. failure to emit the audible alarm occurs very intermittently. the user should always observe the real-time dose information and cumulative fluoroscopy time provided by the system. the fault condition is reset when the case of a new patient is started or when the system is reset.
  • Action
    Field Action Code: FCO72200309. Field Correction through Software Installation that solves the sound alarm problem (Software update R8.1.15 to R8.1.17.2) //////////// Recommendations to users and patients: Non-issue of the audible alarm occurs very intermittently. The user should always observe the real-time dose information and cumulative fluoroscopy time provided by the system. The fault condition is reset when the case of a new patient is started or when the system is reset.

Device

Commercial Name: Allura Xper Angiography Equipment; ANVISA registration numbers: 10216710153; Ris...

Manufacturer

Philips Medical Systems Ltda.; Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V.
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    ANVSANVISA