Recall of BrightView XCT

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc.

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
    66472
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0089-2014
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-09-03
  • Event Date Posted
    2013-10-28
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
  • Event Terminated Date
    2014-08-18
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    System, tomography, computed, emission - Product Code KPS
  • Reason
    Philips received reports from the field that the flat panel detector (fpd) does not always remain securely latched in the stowed position.
  • Action
    Philips Healthcare sent an Urgent - Medical Device Correction letter (Field Safety Notice (FSN 88200462), dated August 30, 2013, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to review the information contained in the notice with all members of their staff who need to be aware of the contents of the letter. Customers were asked to retain a copy with the equipment instruction for use. Additionally, a Field Service Engineer will contact each site to schedule time to implement the Field Change Order. A Field Service Engineer will visit the site to install the corrected software. The firm will be tracking the progress.Customers with questions were instructed to contact their local Philips representataive or local Philips Healthcare office. For North America and Canada contact the Customers Care Solutions Center at 1-800-722-9377, option 5.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    The following model and serial numbers are affected by this recall:  Model Number: 882454 Serial Number(s): 11000021, 11000082, and 11000111.   Model Number: 882482 Serial Number(s): 6000002, 6000003, 6000004A, 6000005, 6000010, 6000011, 6000012, 6000013, 6000015, 6000016, 6000017, 6000018, 6000019, 6000020, 6000022, 6000023, 6000024, 6000025, 6000026, 6000027, 6000028, 6000029, 6000030, 6000031, 6000033, 6000036, 6000037, 6000038,6000040,6000041, 60000042, 6000043, 6000044, 6000045, 6000047, 6000048, 6000049, 6000050, 6000051, 6000052, 6000053, 6000054, 6000055, 6000056, 6000058, 6000059, 6000060, 6000061, 6000062, 6000063, 6000064, 6000065, 6000066, 6000067, 6000069, 6000070, 6000071, 6000072, 6000073, 6000074, 6000076, 6000077, 6000078, 6000079, 6000080, 6000081, 6000082, 6000083, 6000084, 6000085, 6000086, 6000087, 6000088, 6000089, 6000090, 6000091, 6000092, 6000093, 6000094, 6000095, 6000096, 6000097, 6000098, 6000099, 6000100, 6000101, 6000102, 6000103, 6000104, 6000105, 6000106, 6000107, 6000108, 6000109, 6000110, 6000111, 6000112, 6000113, 6000114, 6000115, 6000116, 6000117, 6000118, 6000119, 6000120, 6000121, 6000122, 6000123, 6000125, 6000126, 6000127, 6000128, 6000129, 6000130, 6000131, 6000132, 6000133, 6000134, 6000136, 6000138, 6000139, 6000140, 6000141, 6000142, 6000143, 6000144, 6000145, 6000146, 6000147, 6000148, 6000149, 6000150, 6000151, 6000152, 6000153, 6000154, 6000155, 6000156, 6000157, 6000158, 6000159, 6000160, 6000161, 6000162, 6000163, 6000164, 6000165, 6000166, 6000167, 6000168, 6000169, 6000170, 6000171, 6000172, 6000173, 6000174, 6000175, 6000176, 6000177, 6000178, 6000179, 6000180, 6000181, 6000182, 6000183, 6000184, 6000185, 6000186, 6000187, 6000188, 6000189, 6000190, 6000191, 6000192, 6000193, 6000194, 6000195, 6000196, 6000197, 6000198, 6000199, 6000200, 6000201, 6000202, 6000203, 6000204, 6000205, 6000206, 6000208, 6000209, 6000210, 6000211, 6000212, 6000213, 6000214, 6000215, 6000216, 6000217, 6000218, 6000219, 6000220, 6000221, 6000222, 6000223, 6000224, 6000225, 6000226, 6000227, 6000228, 6000229, 6000230, 6000231, 6000232, 6000233, 6000234, 6000235, 6000236, 6000237, 6000238, 6000239, 6000240, 6000241, 6000242, 6000243, 6000244, 6000245, 6000246, 6000247, 6000249, 6000250, 6000251, 6000252, 6000253, 6000254, 6000255, 6000256, 6000257, 6000258, 6000259, 6000260, 6000262, 6000263, 6000264, 6000265, 6000266, 6000267, 6000268, 6000269, 6000270, 6000271,6 000272, 6000273, 6000274, 6000275, 6000276, 6000277, 6000278, 6000279, 6000280, 6000281, 6000282, 6000283, 6000284, 6000285, 6000286, 6000287, 6000288, 6000290, 6000291, 6000292, 6000293, 6000294, 6000295, 6000296, 6000297, 6000298, 6000299, 6000300, 6000302, 6000303, 6000305, 6000306, 6000307, 6000308, 6000309, 6000310, 6000311, 6000312, 6000313, 6000314, 6000315, 6000316, 6000317, 6000318, 6000319, 6000320, 6000321, 6000322, 6000323, 6000324, 6000325, 6000326, 6000327, 6000328, 6000329, 6000330, 6000331, 6000332, 6000333, 6000334, 6000335, 6000336, 6000337, 6000338, 6000339, 6000341, 6000342, 6000343, 6000344, 6000345, 6000348, 6000349, 6000350, 6000351, 6000352, 6000353, 6000354, 6000355, 6000356, 6000357, 6000358, 6000359, 6000360, 6000361, 6000362, 6000364, 6000365, 6000366, 6000367, 6000368, 6000369, 6000370, 6000371, 6000372, 6000373, 6000375, 6000376, 6000377, 6000378, 6000379, 6000380, 6000381, 6000382, 6000383, 6000384, 6000385, 6000386, 6000387, 6000388, 6000389, 6000390, 6000392, 6340008, 11000021, 11000082, and 11000111.
  • Product Classification
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - USA including AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, ND, NE, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, VT, WA, and WI. Internationally to Canada, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
  • Product Description
    BrightView XCT is a gamma camera for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), one unit per box. || BrightView XCT is a gamma camera for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and integrates with an attenuation device consisting of flat panel x-ray imaging components. BrightView XCT produces non-attenuation corrected SPECT images and attenuation corrected SPECT images with x-ray transmission data that may also be used for scatter correction. The nuclear medicine images and the XCT images may be registered and displayed in a fused format (overlaid in the same orientation) to provide anatomical localization of the nuclear medicine data.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc, 595 Miner Rd, Cleveland OH 44143-2131
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA