Recall Z-1338-2013 ยท JAK System, X-Ray, Tomography, Computed
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
Brilliance CT 16-Slice Water, System Code: 728245; Brilliance CT 10-Slice Water, System Code: 728250; Brilliance CT 6-Slice Water, System Code: 728255; MX8000 IDT 16, System Code: 728120 & MX8000 IDT 10, System Code: 728125 Computed Tomography X-ray systems. Distributed by Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc., 595 Miner Road, Cleveland, OH 44143 Computed Tomography X-ray systems intended t
| Date | May 20, 2013 (initiated Mar 12, 2013) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Philips Healthcare received a report from the field stating when they viewed the CTDIVol information from the PACS system, the calculations were too high. Instead of storing the CTDIVol value for each slice in the DICOM tag, the system took the sum of all CTDIVol values from all the images in the dataset and stored this value in the DICOM tag, resulting in incorrect information. |
| Root cause | Use error |
| Action | The firm, Philips Healthcare, sent an "Urgent - Medical Device Correction" letter dated March 15, 2013, to its consignees/customers. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to disregard unusually higher CTDIvol value for Type-3 DICOM tag 0018:9345 in the PACS system, if seen. The firm is implementing software update versions 4.2.2 or 2.2.2 to correct the issue. A Philips Field Service Engineer will contact you to schedule the software installation at your site. If you need any further information or support concerning this issue, please |
| Quantity | 515 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY; countries of: Argentina, Australia, Austria, B |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K012009 | MX8000 IDT CT SYSTEM Marconi Medical Systems, Inc., Sep 13, 2001 |