Events

Recall of ALLURA XPER FD20 SYSTEM - MAIN UNIT

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
    49932
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-02-18
  • 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 discovered through customer complaints and internal testing that uncontrolled geometry movements can occur when the system is not switched on/off regularly. due to the nature of the problem the user will perceive a gradually increased sluggishness. upon activation of the iu controls an uncontrolled geometry movement can occur. the uncontrolled movements are immediately stopped upon release of the iu controls.

Device

ALLURA XPER FD20 SYSTEM - MAIN UNIT
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD20 (Lot serial: ALL); Model Catalog: ALLURA XPER FD10 (Lot serial: ALL)
  • Product Description
    ALLURA XPER FD 20 SYSTEM-MAIN UNIT;ALLURA XPER FD10
  • Manufacturer
    PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD.

Manufacturer

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