ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-1265-2021 ยท JAK System, X-Ray, Tomography, Computed

Philips North America Llc

Incisive CT Computed Tomography X-ray System Model: 728143

DateFeb 22, 2021
StatusTerminated
ReasonActuators in the Incisive gantry could result in the gantry failure to self-lock if both of the 2 sides actuators fail. In some cases in systems with affected components, the gantry may tilt forward slowly, in a worst case, reaching to the tilt limit angle +31degrees
Root causeProcess control
ActionPhilips notified US consignee on 2/22/2021via email including the Field Safety Notice informing of the reason for recall, health risk and action to take: stop using the system until a Philips Field Service engineer arrives on site to implement the correction to lock the gantry tilt function (FCO72800745). After the FCO72800745 implementation, the device can continue to operate without tilt function until the final correction (FCO72800742) is implemented to replace the nonconforming actuators which will remedy the issue and return device to normal use. A Philips Service Engineer will cont
Quantity105 units (1 US and 104 OUS)
DistributionUS Virgin Island Foreign: Australia Bolivia China Germany Hungary Indonesia Italy Japan Korea Korea, Republic of Latvia Palestine Philippines Romania Russian Federation Senegal Thailand Uzbekistan
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K180015Philips Incisive CT
Philips Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Mar 20, 2018