Recall of BRILLIANCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - (61016SLICE)

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
    20777
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2007-03-08
  • Event Country
  • 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
    The system has a gap that can appear between the upper and lower tilt stand covers. the fingers may be squeezed if a person was to place them in this region while the gantry was tilting from an angle to zero.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: (Lot serial: IDENTIFIER #4535 670 73191); Model Catalog: (Lot serial: IDENTIFIER # 453567005721)
  • Product Description
    BRILLIANCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    MARKHAM
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    HC