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Ultra Z 90 X-Ray Computed Tomography Scanners. These scanners were sold under the brand names: Picker, Marconi or Philip

FDA device recall Z-0957-05 · posted 2005-07-06 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
Reason for recall
Software anomaly in the DICOM Modality Worklist. When restoring a patient's images from the optical disk, images from the wrong patient may be displayed.
Action taken
The firm mailed a ''Product Safety Notification'', dated 3/23/2004, to all users who had DICOM Modality Worklist enabled with a software key. The customers were notified of the problem and were provided instructions as to how to prevent the anomaly from occurring. The notification also informed the users that updated software which corrects the anomaly will be available in the near future and will be installed by the firm''s Field Service Engineers.
Root cause
Other
Status
Terminated
Product code
JAK
Quantity affected
44
Distribution
Nationwide and Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, and Sweden. The units were installed in medical facilities located in the following states within the U.S.: KS, PA, FL, MN, IA, CA, G
Date initiated
2004-03-23
Date posted
2005-07-06
Date terminated
2012-03-02
Location
Cleveland, OH

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PQ-2000+ COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY X-RAY SYSTEM (K955268)Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc.1996-01-30