Events

Recall of Pulmonary Viewer

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
    44790
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0367-2008
  • Event Initiated Date
    2007-09-10
  • Event Date Posted
    2007-12-29
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2012-09-19
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=64367
  • 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
    Computed Tomography X-Ray System - Product Code JAK
  • Reason
    Incorrect measurement: incorrect measurement will occur when the operator uses the distance or area measurement function, such as graphic tool line or roi on zoomed and batch saved images from the cardiac viewer or pulmonary viewer and then views them in the ct viewer or on a pacs system.
  • Action
    Consignees were notified of this recall by an Urgent Device Notification letter sent on 9/10/07. The letter instructed the users to not save any zoomed images to a batch file. Make all measurements of zoomed images in the CT viewer, which provides correct measurements. Do not perform measurements on any zoomed batched images that have been stored on a PACS System. Phillips in investigating the problem and will provide updates free of charge when completed.

Device

Pulmonary Viewer
  • Model / Serial
    For 16 slice, 16 slice Big Bore, 40 slice, and 64 slice Brilliance CT scanners the affected software application versions are: 2.0, 2.0.2, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, and 2.2.5.  For Extended Brilliance Workspace the affected software application versions are: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.50, 2.1.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.5, and 3.5.2.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - USA including states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY, and country of Canada.
  • Product Description
    Philips Medical Systems, Cardiac Viewer or Pulmonary Viewer Application that can run on all Brilliance CT scanners using software versions 2.0 through V 2.2.5 and all EBW workstations using software versions 2.0 through V3.5.2. Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH 44143. (The product is a software application that is installed in Philips Medical System CT scanners.)
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc

Manufacturer

Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc, 595 Miner Road, Cleveland OH 44143-2131
  • Source
    USFDA