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Philips Medical Systems, Inc.: Philips Medical System Allura Xper X-Ray Angiographic

Recall number
Z-1120-2015
Recalling firm
Philips Medical Systems, Inc.
Product
Philips Medical System Allura Xper X-Ray Angiographic
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2014-06-06
Posted
2015-03-02
Terminated
2021-10-15
Reason
In certain circumstances, a software error can lead to a situation where the five minute fluoroscopy audible signal does not sound.
Root cause
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act
Action
Philips Medical Planned Action: 1. The affected customers will be sent a customer notification letter that identifies the software corrective actions and indicates that these corrective actions will be provided to the end-user free of charge 2. A mandatory Field Change Order with reference FCO72200270 will be released that requires Philips field service engineers to install Software release R7.2.8 which addresses the buzzer issue. The expected date of this FCO will be February 2015. The software release will contain updated timer function code to correct the intermittent fluoroscopy timer malfunction. 3. Philips Healthcare Field Service Engineers will schedule an appointment with customers to install the software update. 4. The software solutions will be rolled out consecutively, each within a maximum completion time of 6 months. The software releases will be corrected in descending order of the number of affected systems in the field, with approximately 80% of the total installed base corrected by 4 2015.
Quantity
7439
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA nationwide including Puerto Rico, Austria, Azerbaijan, Australia, Algeria, Argentina, Albania, Brazil, Belgium, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Reunion, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, France, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Turkey, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Vietnam, Russian Federation, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldavia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom
Lot, serial or model codes
Software releases: PBL 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60; CV20; R7.2x; R7.6; R8.1; and R8.2.
510(k) numbers
K102005
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
IZI
Firm FEI
1218950
Firm city
Andover
Firm state
MA
Firm country
not on file

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