Events

Recall of Device Recall BrightView X

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
    74894
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2735-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-05-25
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2018-07-02
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=148702
  • 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
    The firm became aware of an issue where during a non-auto body contouring (abc), non-circular, rel-180 scan, the detector may come in contact with the patient. the issue was caused by a software defect in the workflow setup script.
  • Action
    The firm is informing the consignee of this issue through Customer Information Letter.

Device

Device Recall BrightView X
  • Model / Serial
    11000003, 11000008, 11000030, 11000004, 11000005, 11000006, 11000007, 11000009, 11000010, 11000011, 11000012, 11000013, 11000014, 11000016, 11000017, 11000018, 11000019, 11000020, 11000022, 11000023, 11000024, 11000025, 11000026, 11000027, 11000028, 11000029, 11000031, 11000032, 11000033, 11000034, 11000035, 11000036, 11000037, 11000038, 11000039, 11000040, 11000041, 11000042, 11000043, 11000044, 11000045, 11000046, 11000047, 11000048, 11000049, 11000050, 11000051, 11000052, 11000054, 11000055, 11000056, 11000057, 11000058, 11000059, 11000060, 11000061, 11000062, 11000063, 11000064, 11000065, 11000066, 11000067, 11000068, 11000069, 11000070, 11000071, 11000072, 11000073, 11000074, 11000075, 11000076, 11000077, 11000078, 11000079, 11000080, 11000081, 11000083, 11000084, 11000085, 11000086, 11000087, 11000088, 11000089, 11000090, 11000091, 11000092, 11000093, 11000094, 11000095, 11000096, 11000097, 11000098, 11000099, 11000100, 11000101, 11000102, 11000103, 11000104, 11000105, 11000106, 11000107, 11000108, 11000109, 11000110, 11000112, 11000113, 11000114, 11000115, 11000116, 11000117, 11000118, 11340001, 11340002, 11340003, 11340004, 11340005, 11000015
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Republic of Korea, Republic of Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam.
  • Product Description
    BrightView X, model #882478; gamma camera designed for single or dual detector nuclear imaging
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc

Manufacturer

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