Events

Recall of Device Recall MultiDiagnost Eleva

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
    74731
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2307-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-07-19
  • 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=148361
  • 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, x-ray, angiographic - Product Code IZI
  • Reason
    The two bolts that attach the clamping plate to the lateral shaft may break, which could cause the c-arm to move laterally forward, slide out of its bearings, and sag.
  • Action
    On July 19, 2016, Philips sent a Field Safety Notice to all affected customers. Philips Field Service Engineers will add an independent safety catch free of charge.

Device

Device Recall MultiDiagnost Eleva
  • Model / Serial
    All serial numbers.  708032 System Serial numbers 100, 198, 354, 104, 367, 68, 428, 183, 414, 355, 289, 32, 269, 361, 160, 423, 50, 56, 205, 350, 71, 208, 254, 108, 222, 286, 257, 253, 327, 128, 125, 40, 265, 174, 164, 214, 411, 263, 178, 103, 394, 425, 374, 284, 229, 79, 37, 11, 312, 116, 226, 296, 44, 49, 219, 207, 227, 154, 317, 18, 87, 406, 88, 244, 233, 315, 376, 288, 112, 402, 206, 261, 215, 31, 422, 344, 338, 342, 339, 384, 12, 136, 415, 416, 137, 228, 46, 126, 276, 280, 51, 193, 54, 232, 140, 20, 270, 121, 25, 59, 60, 48, 21, 28, 196, 199, 380, 316, 159, 153, 172, 14, 62, 216, 75, 282, 294, 340, 102, 76, 64, 13, 231, 106, 305, 372, 366, 364, 77, 189, 24, 279, 166, 221, 349, 72, 42, 424, 0, 80, 217, 43, 213, 197, 413, 145, 318, 210, 341, 111, 343, 55, 292, 241, 151, 246, 0, 110, 29, 141, 362, 35, 143, 236, 278, 99, 133, 365, 85, 267, 132, 134, 163, 127, 266, 412, 142, 144, 293, 358, 399, 303, 308, 238, 239, 287, 243, 74, 310, 34, 345, 39, 69, 409, 162, 240, 281, 368, 382, 357, 277, 26, 165, 224, 170, 171, 392, 237, 119, 30, 396, 36, 38, 211, 255, 53, 146, 188, 404, 41, 81, 256, 16, 130, 184, 115, 107, 247, 275, 373, 169, 192, 248, 388, 389, 147, 352, 397, 417, 209, 98, 245, 92, 203, 314, 297, 290, 353, 383, 86, 309, 363, 251, 235, 379, 129, 225, 260, 405, 90, 84, 249, 139, 120, 329, 161, 218, 201, 347, 66, 283, 122, 33, 113, 114, 268, 180, 181, 182, 105, 298, 299, 109, 124, 295, 258, 194, 73, 57, 91, 369, 259, 403, 152, 138, 400, 93, 157, 118, 89, 15, 220, 212, 401, 61, 67, 135, 47, 148, 65, 264, 346, 173, 407, 123, 375, 291, 52, 393, 306, 307, 398, 190.  708036 System serial numbers 19, 40, 21, 8, 9, 16, 45, 11, 17, 14, 30, 31, 32, 48, 12, 50, 4, 15, 25, 13, 18, 42, 46, 41, 36, 35, 37, 47, 27, 43, 10, 5, 7, 24, 34, 29, 26.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Canada, Algeria, ARGENTINA, Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, TURKEY, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
  • Product Description
    MultiDiagnost Eleva; x-ray system. Product Codes: 708032, 708036
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Electronics North America Corporation

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