Events

Recall of Philips BrightView XCT

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

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
    19646
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-01-15
  • 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
    Customer complaint indicated that after a software upgrade to version 1.2.3/ 2.5.3 or higher the following issue started to occur. upon completion of a patient study when the operator selected a pre-prorgammed motion (ppm) to remove the patient from the table. the table moved first instead of the detector (as it had done prior to the software upgrade). there is a potential for the patient to contact the collimators if the detctors are placed in close proximity to the patient at the end of an acquisition, followed by acquisition ofanother ppm due to te sequence of motions mentioned above.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Philips BrightView XCT

Manufacturer

Philips Radiation Oncology Systems
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    NZMMDSA