Events

Recall of Cleveland CT

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Philips Medical Systems (USA).

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
    21800
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-08-09
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Philips New Zealand Commercial Limited, Level 3, 123 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, AUCKLAND 1023
  • Reason
    During a bolus tracking procedure: if the operator sets the roi on the locator slice and then presses go to initiate the tracker scans, the following message may display: scan parameters exceeds system resources. if the message is displayed, the system will fail to proceed with the tracker scan.
  • Action
    Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use

Device

Cleveland CT
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: Brilliance iCT SP (728311), Brilliance iCT (728306) Running software version: 4.1.6
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Medical Systems (USA)

Manufacturer

Philips Medical Systems (USA)
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    NZMMDSA