FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS NEDERLAND B.V.: Azurion 5 M12; System Code: (1)722227, (2)722231;
- Recall number
- Z-1679-2026
- Recalling firm
- PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS NEDERLAND B.V.
- Product
- Azurion 5 M12; System Code: (1)722227, (2)722231;
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2026-03-03
- Posted
- 2026-03-27
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Philips has identified instances where X-ray imaging may not be initiated or may occur intermittently when using the wired foot switch.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- On March 3, 2026, URGENT Medical Device Correction letters were sent to customers. Actions to be taken: 1. Circulate this Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to all users of the system so that they are aware of the issue and follow the instructions below. 2. Perform the daily check before starting the first procedure, as described in the device labelling 3. Should you experience a foot switch activation issue, please report it to your local Philips representative. 4. In case the affected system has been transferred to another organization, please send a copy of this Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to that organization and inform Philips about this transfer through your local Philips representative. 5. Keep this Urgent Medical Device Correction letter with the documentation of the system until Philips corrects your system. Ensure that the letter is in a place likely to be seen/viewed. 6. Complete and return the response form included in this Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to Philips promptly and no later than 30 days from receipt. Completing this form confirms receipt of the Urgent Medical Device Correction letter and understanding of the issue and required actions to be taken.
- Quantity
- 345 units (10 US, 335 OUS)
- Distribution
- Domestic: Nationwide Distribution; International: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussal, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, C¿te D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, FrenchPolynesia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, South, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, R¿union, Romania, Russian Fed., Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen;
- Lot, serial or model codes
- (1) System Code: 722227; UDI: 00884838099227; System Serial Number: 265, 135, 88, 276, 264, 271, 63, 238, 360, 23, 127, 159, 197, 149, 54, 56, 230, 192, 156, 250, 98, 31, 128, 81, 24, 37, 320, 179, 270, 151, 53, 246, 245, 84, 38, 28, 29, 170, 30, 338, 324, 108, 305, 168, 172, 356, 346, 62, 236, 25, 313, 339, 104, 321, 59, 109, 101, 19, 155, 99, 285, 247, 261, 298, 177, 138, 337, 157, 158, 228, 249, 61, 287, 55, 239, 306, 215, 336, 213, 76, 216, 73, 318, 353, 65, 167, 41, 85, 191, 20, 226, 102, 40, 87, 163, 83, 251, 268, 309, 310, 316, 290, 272, 5, 6, 7, 218, 36, 75, 195, 43, 345, 116, 18, 153, 351, 352, 14, 15, 120, 262, 204, 258, 326, 348, 17, 141, 114, 103, 355, 113, 110, 315, 21, 161, 194, 105, 173, 174, 64, 49, 71, 91, 187, 166, 210, 219, 222, 273, 205, 280, 300, 256, 335, 121, 80, 123, 243, 344, 308, 22, 140, 90, 142, 69, 200, 72, 362, 242, 323, 331, 136, 269, 137, 77, 89, 294, 181, 234, 95, 2, 111, 221, 293, 165, 342, 1, 12, 16, 257, 330, 67, 340, 260, 148, 281, 284, 248, 333, 199, 183, 106, 253, 145, 164, 241, 52, 26, 233, 301, 211, 154, 217, 332, 334, 44, 198, 297, 206, 292, 130, 58, 203, 47, 48, 107, 93, 125, 240, 122, 118, 112, 46, 176, 92, 252, 184, 57, 202, 100, 115, 133, 350, 263, 3, 32, 175, 229, 304, 124, 307, 220, 79, 60, 311, 146, 147, 319, 188, 74, 8, 9, 94, 134, 82, 143, 86, 286, 96, 227, 231, 329, 126, 162, 299, 35, 11, 259, 180, 160, 196, 322, 208, 282, 13, 178, 4, 132, 131, 209, (2) System Code: 722231; UDI: 00884838099258; System Serial Number: 13, 52, 49, 50, 41, 68, 21, 53, 67, 47, 3, 17, 18, 25, 72, 87, 93, 94, 34, 69, 61, 26, 80, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 60, 12, 63, 73, 14, 48, 56, 28, 66, 75, 81, 45, 20, 19, 51, 29, 27, 11, 35, 62, 54, 33, 92, 1, 2, 32, 59;
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OWB
- Firm FEI
- 3042175844
- Firm city
- Best
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- Netherlands
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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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