Philips Medical Systems North America Co. Phillips: Product's marketing brochure is labeled in part: "Philips Easy Diagnost Eleva Conventional R/F system...PHILIPS". manufactured by Philips Medical Systems Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany.

Recall number

Z-0479-2011

Recalling firm

Philips Medical Systems North America Co. Phillips

Product

Product's marketing brochure is labeled in part: "Philips Easy Diagnost Eleva Conventional R/F system...PHILIPS". manufactured by Philips Medical Systems Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2009-01-21

Posted

2010-11-26

Terminated

2010-12-30

Reason

Patient and image data can be exchanged when a patient is selected in the patient list and the examination tab is pressed with background query running at the same time. There is a risk that the data may then be linked to the incorrect patient, which may adversely affect diagnosis and treatment.

Root cause

Software design

Action

Philips Medical Systems issued URGENT-Device Correction letters dated January 27, 2009 to consignees describing the issue with the Easy Diagnost Eleva GXR RF systems. The consignees were informed of the potential for incorrect diagnosis or treatment if an incorrect image is used for diagnosis. Consignees should contact the Philips Healthcare Call Center at 800-722-9377, #5, #2 and reference "FC0 70600030" with any communication.

Quantity

314 units

Distribution

Nationside Distribution: USA, including the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV. Devices are not distributed to any foreign consignees.

Lot, serial or model codes

Site Numbers:  506250, 506251, 506276, 519152, 520209, 521153, 530573, 530607, 532426, 532779, 533491, 533574, 534207, 534419, 534644, 534647, 534675, 534803, 534945, 535378, 535437, 535785, 536051, 536458, 536522, 536636, 536637, 536687, 536765, 536840, 536933, 536941, 536973, 536985, 536994, 537013, 537087, 537091, 537179, 537186, 537492, 537518, 537571, 537689, 537761, 537796, 537803, 537863, 537945, 537946, 537970, 537971, 538237, 538328, 538351, 538407, 538451, 538458, 538462, 538477, 538480, 538519, 538759, 538812, 538814, 538866, 538891, 538901, 539040, 539095, 539101, 539103, 539237, 539291, 539310, 539339, 539377, 539378, 539379, 539411, 539419, 539488, 539501, 539519, 539527, 539529, 539530, 539557, 539590, 539683, 539785, 540022, 540163, 540187, 540361, 540380, 540445, 540457, 540459, 540624, 540788, 540810, 541011, 541054, 541063, 541078, 541083, 541093, 541348, 541402, 541494, 541535, 541614, 541694, 541721, 541803, 541838, 541850, 541872, 541884, 542061, 542121, 542122, 542205, 542308, 542401, 542521, 542537, 542589, 542593, 542716, 542829, 542849, 543136, 543144, 543224, 543241, 543249, 543275, 543297, 543331, 543369, 543415, 543426, 543619, 543620, 543660, 543723, 543754, 543755, 543771, 543776, 543803, 543841, 544075, 544113, 544172, 544228, 544236, 544297, 544341, 544417, 544480, 544481, 544568, 544648, 544654, 544695, 544937, 544999, 545000, 545038, 545120, 545163, 545166, 545213, 545231, 545234, 545244, 545391, 545452, 545710, 545746, 545780, 545783, 545824, 545844, 545923, 545948, 545951, 546029, 546155, 546490, 546524, 546551, 546583, 546602, 547054, 547189, 547243, 547297, 547304, 547371, 547598, 547599, 547655, 547657, 547744, 547758, 547759, 547798, 547936, 547937, 548021, 548276, 548290, 548302, 548382, 548559, 548784, 549008, 549080, 549269, 549270, 549381, 549416, 549509, 549557, 549616, 549663, 550072, 550079, 550197, 550313, 550591, 550804, 550936, 550960, 551005, 551416, 551573, 551616, 551645, 551721, 551759, 551941, 551954, 551980, 552204, 552205, 552211, 552324, 552363, 552364, 552407, 552502, 552579, 552594, 552626, 552640, 552917, 552918, 552965, 552966, 553013, 553172, 553207, 553224, 553230, 553275, 553349, 553387, 553441, 553448, 553455, 553563, 553850, 553893, 553900, 553926, 554061, 554483, 554581, 554641, 554721, 554722, 554769, 555052, 555269, 555458, 555524, 555574, 555626, 555964, 555993, 556124, 556621, 556622, 556726, 556785, 556984, 557177, 557259, 557272, 558437, 558596, 558734, 558775, 41443799, 41444441, 41658234, 41862667, 42039161, and 537967 / 49371595.

510(k) numbers

["K031535"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

KPR

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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