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
    121976
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-08-02
  • 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
    Philips has identified a problem related to the hard disk firmware in allura xper systems. the hard disk itself is working firmware has an incorrect incrementing smart counter. this might result in a very high "raw read error" count which will lead to a so called "smart trip" and subsequently will take the hard disk offline. consequently the system might intermittently freeze. this can vary from several seconds up to one minute.

Device

ALLURA XPER FD10
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10 (Lot serial: ); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD20 (Lot serial: ); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD20/10 (Lot serial: ); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10/10 (Lot serial: )
  • Product Description
    ALLURA XPER FD10
  • Manufacturer
    PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD.

Manufacturer

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