Events

Recall of Device Recall Philips Healthcare Imaging

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Healthcare 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
    61926
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1818-2012
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-05-22
  • Event Date Posted
    2012-06-15
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-02-24
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=109499
  • 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
    Peripheral electromagnetic field (pemf) to aid wound healing - Product Code MQB
  • Reason
    With digital diagnost (didi) r 2.0.2 a mirrored "r in a circle" is burnt into the image (if mirrored) in the lower right corner of the image. when such an image is mirrored back inside the pacs system, an unmirrored "r in a circle" appears in the lower left corner. this can be mistaken for a "right patient side" marker, although this can appear on the left patient side.
  • Action
    Philips Healthcare issued a Field Safety Notice on 5/22/12 advising users of the error. A software update (Rel 2.1.2) will issue to correct the problem. Contact your local Philips representative. 1-800-722-9377. For questions regarding this recall call 978-687-1501.

Device

Device Recall Philips Healthcare Imaging
  • Model / Serial
    Software release 2.0.2 and 2.0.2SP1 including mirror icon
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of: Nationwide Foreign: Canada AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA; BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANARY ISLANDS CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO CONGO,DEMOCRATIC COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA fake test ssd FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA GABON GAMBIA GEORGIE GERMANY GHANA GREECE GUADELOUPE GUAM GUATEMALA GUINEA GUYANA HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKSTAN KENYA KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEM.REP LATVIA LEBANON LIBERIA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRI LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU MACEDONIA MALAWI MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS METRACOM MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGERIA NORTH KOREA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALESTINE PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU PHC BEST PHILIPPINES PMCC BU Canada PMCC BU USA POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR REUNION ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA&MONTE; NEGRO SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE Unidentified Country UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIET NAM YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE
  • Product Description
    Philips Digital Diagnost Software, software release 2.0.2 and 2.0.2SP1 including mirror icon || Stationary Fluoroscopic system
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Healthcare Inc.

Manufacturer

Philips Healthcare Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Healthcare Inc., 3000 Minuteman Road, Andover MA 01810
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    USFDA