Events

Recall of MULTIDIAGNOST ELEVA - IMAGE INTENSIFIER - TV IMAGE DETECTOR

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
    40702
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-01-20
  • 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
    Philips healthcare has discovered through customer complaints and internal testing an intermittent electronic product defect. in the md eleva system software license keys are used to enable particular functionality. in software release r6.1.1sp2 and r6.1.2 intermittently part of the software keys are not loaded: - the license key for spectral filter - the license key for full table tilt range.

Device

MULTIDIAGNOST ELEVA - IMAGE INTENSIFIER - TV IMAGE DETECTOR
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 0708MD02 (Lot serial: ALL)
  • Product Description
    MULTIDIAGNOST ELEVA-IMAGE INTENSIFIER-TV IMAGE DETECTOR
  • Manufacturer
    PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD.

Manufacturer

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