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Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc: Philips Medical Systems, Cardiac Viewer or Pulmonary Viewer Application that can run on all Gemini TFs, GXLs and EBW Workstations. Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH 44143. (The product is a software application that is installed in Philips Medical System CT scanners.)

Recall number
Z-0366-2008
Recalling firm
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
Product
Philips Medical Systems, Cardiac Viewer or Pulmonary Viewer Application that can run on all Gemini TFs, GXLs and EBW Workstations. Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH 44143. (The product is a software application that is installed in Philips Medical System CT scanners.)
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2007-09-10
Posted
2007-12-29
Terminated
2012-09-19
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.
Root cause
Software design
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.
Quantity
2,544
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.
Lot, serial or model codes
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.
510(k) numbers
["K012009","K033326","K033357"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
JAK
Firm FEI
1525965
Firm city
Cleveland
Firm state
OH
Firm country
not on file

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2026-09-28
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