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Philips Healthcare Inc.: Philips Digital Diagnost Software, software release 2.0.2 and 2.0.2SP1 including mirror icon Stationary Fluoroscopic system

Recall number
Z-1818-2012
Recalling firm
Philips Healthcare Inc.
Product
Philips Digital Diagnost Software, software release 2.0.2 and 2.0.2SP1 including mirror icon Stationary Fluoroscopic system
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2012-05-22
Posted
2012-06-15
Terminated
2017-02-24
Reason
With Digital Diagnost (DIDI) R 2.0.2 a mirrored "R in a circle" is burnt into the image (if mirrored) in the lower right corner of the image. When such an image is mirrored back inside the PACS system, an unmirrored "R in a circle" appears in the lower left corner. This can be mistaken for a "right patient side" marker, although this can appear on the left patient side
Root cause
Software change control
Action
Philips Healthcare issued a Field Safety Notice on 5/22/12 advising users of the error. A software update (Rel 2.1.2) will issue to correct the problem. Contact your local Philips representative. 1-800-722-9377. For questions regarding this recall call 978-687-1501.
Quantity
752 units
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of: Nationwide Foreign: Canada AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANARY ISLANDS CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO CONGO,DEMOCRATIC COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA fake test ssd FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA GABON GAMBIA GEORGIE GERMANY GHANA GREECE GUADELOUPE GUAM GUATEMALA GUINEA GUYANA HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKSTAN KENYA KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEM.REP LATVIA LEBANON LIBERIA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRI LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU MACEDONIA MALAWI MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS METRACOM MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGERIA NORTH KOREA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALESTINE PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU PHC BEST PHILIPPINES PMCC BU Canada PMCC BU USA POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR REUNION ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA&MONTE NEGRO SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE Unidentified Country UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIET NAM YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE
Lot, serial or model codes
Software release 2.0.2 and 2.0.2SP1 including mirror icon
510(k) numbers
["K982795"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
MQB
Firm FEI
1218950
Firm city
Andover
Firm state
MA
Firm country
not on file

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2026-09-28
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