PlainRecalls
FDA Devices Moderate Class II Terminated

Brilliance CT 16-Slice Water, System Code: 728245; Brilliance CT 10-Slice Water, System Code: 728250; Brilliance CT 6-Slice Water, System Code: 728255; MX8000 IDT 16, System Code: 728120 & MX8000 IDT 10, System Code: 728125 Computed Tomography X-ray systems. Distributed by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc., 595 Miner Road, Cleveland, OH 44143 Computed Tomography X-ray systems intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of X-ray transmission data

Reported: May 29, 2013 Initiated: March 12, 2013 #Z-1338-2013

Product Description

Brilliance CT 16-Slice Water, System Code: 728245; Brilliance CT 10-Slice Water, System Code: 728250; Brilliance CT 6-Slice Water, System Code: 728255; MX8000 IDT 16, System Code: 728120 & MX8000 IDT 10, System Code: 728125 Computed Tomography X-ray systems. Distributed by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc., 595 Miner Road, Cleveland, OH 44143 Computed Tomography X-ray systems intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of X-ray transmission data taken at different angles and planes. This device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient, and equipment supports, components and accessories.

Reason for Recall

Philips Healthcare received a report from the field stating when they viewed the CTDIVol information from the PACS system, the calculations were too high. Instead of storing the CTDIVol value for each slice in the DICOM tag, the system took the sum of all CTDIVol values from all the images in the dataset and stored this value in the DICOM tag, resulting in incorrect information.

Details

Units Affected
515 units
Distribution
Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY; countries of: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and Venezuela.
Location
Cleveland, OH

Frequently Asked Questions

What product was recalled?
Brilliance CT 16-Slice Water, System Code: 728245; Brilliance CT 10-Slice Water, System Code: 728250; Brilliance CT 6-Slice Water, System Code: 728255; MX8000 IDT 16, System Code: 728120 & MX8000 IDT 10, System Code: 728125 Computed Tomography X-ray systems. Distributed by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc., 595 Miner Road, Cleveland, OH 44143 Computed Tomography X-ray systems intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of X-ray transmission data taken at different angles and planes. This device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient, and equipment supports, components and accessories.. Recalled by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc. Units affected: 515 units.
Why was this product recalled?
Philips Healthcare received a report from the field stating when they viewed the CTDIVol information from the PACS system, the calculations were too high. Instead of storing the CTDIVol value for each slice in the DICOM tag, the system took the sum of all CTDIVol values from all the images in the dataset and stored this value in the DICOM tag, resulting in incorrect information.
Which agency issued this recall?
This recall was issued by the FDA Devices on May 29, 2013. Severity: Moderate. Recall number: Z-1338-2013.