Events

Recall of ALLURA XPER FD10

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 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
    98140
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-02-01
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Due to intermittent shortcuts inside the velara generator a system lock-up might occur that can only be resolved by a warm or cold system restart. in exceptional cases the generator is damaged and the system cannot be restarted. as this is an intermittent failure no work around is available and no actions can be done by the user to prevent the failure from happening.

Device

ALLURA XPER FD10
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10 (Lot serial: > 10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD20 (Lot serial: > 10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFG); Model Catalog: 722016 (Lot serial: 34660); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10/10 (Lot serial: SN09004890); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10/10 (Lot serial: SN085194); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10/10 (Lot serial: SN085257); Model Catalog: 722043* (Lot serial: 44701); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD20/10 (Lot serial: SN064966); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD20/10 (Lot serial: SN074546)
  • Product Description
    ALLURA XPER FD10
  • Manufacturer
    PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD.

Manufacturer

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD.
  • Manufacturer Address
    MARKHAM
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    HC