Events

Recall of CARESTREAM IMAGE SUITE SOFTWARE - DICOM STORE SCP SOFTWARE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by CARESTREAM HEALTH CANADA COMPANY.

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
    112596
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-04-20
  • 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
    Carestream has identified a software issue that if the image suite software receives computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance (mr) images with the image orientation (patient) tag specified and the overlay is configured to display this tag the l (left) and r (right) and a (anterior) and p (posterior) overlay text could be displayed reversed.

Device

CARESTREAM IMAGE SUITE SOFTWARE - DICOM STORE SCP SOFTWARE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 1056191 (Lot serial: 85013463); Model Catalog: 1036490 (Lot serial: 54842775); Model Catalog: 1036490 (Lot serial: 52412542); Model Catalog: 1036508 (Lot serial: 54842775); Model Catalog: 1036508 (Lot serial: 52412542)
  • Product Description
    IMAGE SUITE 4.0 WITH MINI-PACS AND DICOM STORE;IMAGE SUITE 3.0 WITH MINI-PACS OPTIONS AND HOT FIX 3004 SOFTWARE PATCH;IMAGE SUITE 3.0 WITH MINI-PACS OPTIONS AND HOT FIX 3004 SOFTWARE
  • Manufacturer
    CARESTREAM HEALTH CANADA COMPANY

Manufacturer

CARESTREAM HEALTH CANADA COMPANY
  • Manufacturer Address
    VAUGHAN
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    ONEX Corp
  • Source
    HC