FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

Brilliance CT System 6/10/16/16P/40 configuration. No packaging, sold as single unit. Computed tomography scanner intended to provide cross sectional images of the human body and visualization of the internal organs.

Recall: Z-2709-2014 · Reported October 1, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2709-2014
Event ID
69123
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
October 1, 2014
Initiation Date
December 27, 2005
Classification Date
September 25, 2014
Termination Date
November 6, 2015
Address
595 Miner Rd, N/A, Cleveland, OH, 44143-2131, United States

Description

Brilliance CT System 6/10/16/16P/40 configuration. No packaging, sold as single unit. Computed tomography scanner intended to provide cross sectional images of the human body and visualization of the internal organs.

Reason

The system has a gap that can appear between the upper and lower tilt stand covers. The fingers may be squeezed if a person was to place them in this region while the gantry was tilting from an angle to zero tilt angle.

Code Info

728256, 728251, 728246, 728240, and 728235.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution -- AZ, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, TX, VT, and WI; and, countries of Singapore, New Zealand, India, Australia, Korea, Japan, Korea, China, India, Taiwan, Australia, Turkey, France, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Netherlands, England, and Brazil.

Quantity

364