Events

Recall of Device Recall Intellivue X3

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Electronics North America Corporation.

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
    78732
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1315-2018
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-11-17
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=160242
  • 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
    Monitor, physiological, patient(with arrhythmia detection or alarms) - Product Code MHX
  • Reason
    The nbp measurement of intellivue x3 patient monitor shows intermittently only mean values instead of the diastolic and systolic blood pressure values. this is caused by a falsely detected nbp cuff, which is leading to wrong internal nbp setting. furthermore, occasionally the monitor shows the check touch input message and the monitor is inoperable with the touch interface.
  • Action
    Philips will contact customers with affected devices to arrange a correction of the issues. Firm plans a Software update of the affected devices and Replacement of the display assembly.

Device

Device Recall Intellivue X3

Manufacturer

Philips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Electronics North America Corporation, 3000 Minuteman Rd, Andover MA 01810-1032
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    USFDA