FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc: Brilliance 64, Computed Tomography X-ray system Product Usage: The Brilliance CT 64 scanner is a whole body Computed Tomography X-ray system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data taken at different angles and planes
- Recall number
- Z-2116-2016
- Recalling firm
- Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
- Product
- Brilliance 64, Computed Tomography X-ray system Product Usage: The Brilliance CT 64 scanner is a whole body Computed Tomography X-ray system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data taken at different angles and planes
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-04-01
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2018-06-26
- Reason
- Philips Healthcare received reports from the field that certain Brilliance 64 systems running software version 3.5.4 exhibited intermittent swirl-like ring artifacts that may appear on reconstructed images. A patient rescan may be required if the images cannot be used for interpretation due to the swirl-like artifact.
- Root cause
- Software design (manufacturing process)
- Action
- Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc. sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice letter to affected customers , via certified letter with receipts returned for tracking purposes. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Philips Healthcare is implementing software update version 3.5.5 to correct the problem. For questions contact your local Philips representative or local Philips Healthcare office.
- Quantity
- 94
- Distribution
- US Nationwide Distribution in the states of CA, FL, ID, KS, MI, NY,OH,TX
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Brilliance 64: System Code #728231 Serial numbers: 9847, 9936, 9937, 9963, 10067, 10146, 10155, 10181, 10184, 10189, 10191, 10216, 10240, 10292, 10768, 10769, 10770, 10771, 10772, 10773, 10774, 10776, 10777, 10778, 10779, 10780, 10781, 10782, 10783, 10784, 10785, 10786, 10787, 10788, 10789, 10790, 10791, 10794, 10804, 10807, 29026, 29048, 29065, 29081, 29118, 29151, 91003, 95116, 95142, 95523, 95571, 95660, 95838, 95839, 95840, 95841, 95842, 95843, 95845, 95846, 95847, 95848, 95849, 95850, 95851, 95852, 95853, 95854, 95855, 95856, 95857, 95858, 95863, 95866, 95870, 95871, 95872, 95873, 95877, 95882, 95884, 95885, 95886, 95888, 95889, 95890, 95891, 95892, 95893, 95895, 95896, 95897, 95939, 6000861, 9208A, 9081
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K033326"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JAK
- Firm FEI
- 1525965
- Firm city
- Cleveland
- Firm state
- OH
- Firm country
- not on file
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- 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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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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