Philips Medical Systems North America Co. Phillips: The product's marketing brochure states: "1.5T coils and accessories...Philips Achieva and Intera 1.5T MR systems". The Identification of the Synergy Flex-M/ Shoulder Coil 1.5T can be found on the driver box. The 12nc of the affected system is labeled as 4522-131-6656x.

Recall number

Z-0469-2011

Recalling firm

Philips Medical Systems North America Co. Phillips

Product

The product's marketing brochure states: "1.5T coils and accessories...Philips Achieva and Intera 1.5T MR systems". The Identification of the Synergy Flex-M/ Shoulder Coil 1.5T can be found on the driver box. The 12nc of the affected system is labeled as 4522-131-6656x.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2009-05-01

Posted

2010-11-26

Terminated

2011-01-06

Reason

Combined use of the Synergy Flex-M / Shoulder Coil 1.5T increases the chance of RF interaction and heating up of the coil. This may result in possible burns of the patient.

Root cause

Other

Action

Philips issued URGENT-Field Safety Notice letters dated May 1, 2009 and October 14, 2009 to their consignees. The letter informed customers that the firm will replace the "old" Flex M/Shoulder Coils with a new Flex-M coil. Consignees could contact Philips Healthcare Call Center at 800-722-9377, #5, #3, #1 and reference FCO 78100290 for any questions.

Quantity

389 units

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution: in the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, and Washington DC. There were no foreign consignees.

Lot, serial or model codes

Site Numbers:  10009, 10353, 10409, 10432, 13056, 13057, 13894, 17648, 25958, 25986, 26201, 26219, 26269, 35394, 37986, 38111, 38134, 38143, 38303, 38304, 38420, 38438, 38966, 41345, 41391, 45016, 50336, 59435, 59637, 59712, 62450, 62658, 62832, 63046, 76320, 76321, 76359, 76475, 76847, 82546, 82619, 83080, 83301, 83303, 83306, 83325, 83394, 83396, 83804, 83876, 83940, 83946, 83995, 84433, 84477, 84478, 84700, 84820, 84860, 84887, 84899, 85119, 85139, 85141, 85157, 85158, 85172, 85433, 85442, 85500, 85684, 85685, 85686, 85688, 86019, 86056, 86080, 86085, 86121, 86147, 86184, 86236, 86280, 86281, 86292, 86293, 86313, 86317, 86334, 86335, 86381, 86404, 86406, 86407, 86410, 86557, 86560, 86570, 86595, 86596, 86968, 87011, 87018, 87033, 87038, 87053, 87135, 87145, 87146, 87147, 87148, 87161, 87168, 87183, 87188, 87309, 87310, 87526, 87527, 87605, 87607, 100214, 100459, 100460, 100462, 100469, 100478, 100745, 100785, 100786, 100826, 100832, 100916, 101084, 101111, 101138, 101162, 101165, 101206, 101313, 101347, 101408, 101420, 101429, 101431, 101477, 101481, 101551, 101561, 101584, 101585, 101595, 101608, 101780, 101874, 101877, 101878, 101934, 101946, 101976, 102003, 102004, 102018, 102095, 102110, 102137, 102492, 102547, 102548, 102561, 102569, 102571, 102671, 102709, 102718, 102724, 102889, 102907, 102933, 102975, 102978, 102980, 103041, 103062, 103068, 103099, 103126, 103135, 103136, 103142, 103143, 103149, 103166, 103171, 103207, 103215, 103243, 103247, 103291, 103324, 103333, 103347, 103351, 103417, 103450, 103509, 103530, 103540, 103544, 103547, 103552, 103579, 103580, 103582, 103592, 103611, 103631, 103665, 103688, 103703, 103770, 103782, 103789, 103811, 103847, 103904, 103946, 104022, 104032, 104054, 104069, 104070, 104082, 104095, 104102, 104138, 104163, 104193, 104336, 104340, 104343, 104378, 104392, 104393, 104446, 104467, 104532, 104639, 104765, 104800, 104808, 104871, 104886, 104887, 104897, 104900, 104901, 104912, 104918, 104919, 104942, 105148, 105252, 105271, 105290, 105303, 105314, 105315, 105317, 105348, 105368, 105471, 105486, 105488, 105624, 105657, 105687, 105695, 105741, 105925, 105926, 105929, 105938, 225313, 250050, 250122, 250156, 250293, 250890, 500009, 500034, 504243, 504249, 504342, 504353, 504400, 504403, 504409, 504412, 504527, 504531, 504543, 504608, 504628, 504662, 504670, 504738, 504866, 505021, 505049, 505050, 505275, 505337, 505357, 505490, 505514, 505568, 505678, 505777, 505785, 505914, 505940, 505941, 505943, 506034, 506044, 506188, 506190, 506203, 506219, 506296, 506324, 506389, 506570, 506691, 506777, 519124, 519127, 519129, 519147, 519216, 519522, 519525, 519545, 520002, 520113, 520354, 520709, 521429, 530363, 530651, 531767, 533741, 536318, 536649, 542669, 544006, 544503, 545940, 546669, 547235, 550391, 556698, 557719, 557722, 557723, 557724, 557791, 557793, 557801, 557805, 557806, 557807, 557813, 557814, 557843, 557844, 557904, 558118, 558147, 558177, 558200, 558369, 558371, 558374, 558381, 558382, 41923351, and 43668550.

510(k) numbers

["K001796","K031815"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

LNH

Firm FEI

1000524572

Firm city

Bothell

Firm state

WA

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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