Events

Recall of Philips EPIQ 7 Ultrasound System

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

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
    15551
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-10-22
  • 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
    Under system settings, if the system date format is set to international, dd/mm/yyyy, the system continues to interpret the date as mm/dd/yyyy on the patient data entry (pde) screen. the anomaly exists in date fields for 'last menstrual period' (lmp), 'established due date' (edd) and 'conception date'. the lmp field is presented in four exam types: obstetric (ob,) fetal echo, gynecology (gyn), and breast and populates from one exam type to the other.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Philips EPIQ 7 Ultrasound System
  • Model / Serial
    Model: Model: EPIQ 7, Affected: Software version 1.0 and 1.0.1
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Ultrasound

Manufacturer

Philips Ultrasound
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    NZMMDSA