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Z-2000-2012Class II

Intellispace Portal software

Philips North America LLC / initiated 2012-05-22 / Terminated / root cause: software

Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc began a recall of Intellispace Portal software Product Usage: Intellispace Portal is a multimodality thin-client applications server that delivers full diagnostic viewing and... on . FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "In the Multi-Modality Tumor Tracking application, when changing the contours of the lesion using the editing mode "edit contour" tool, the measurements are not recalculated causing discrepancies with the lesion...". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-2000-2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
Philips North America LLC
Product
Intellispace Portal software Product Usage: Intellispace Portal is a multimodality thin-client applications server that delivers full diagnostic viewing and clinical applications to the enterprise. Intellispace Portal is a medical software system that allows multiple users to remotely access the system from compatible computers on a network.
Product code
JAK System, X-Ray, Tomography, Computed
Reason for recall
In the Multi-Modality Tumor Tracking application, when changing the contours of the lesion using the editing mode "edit contour" tool, the measurements are not recalculated causing discrepancies with the lesion measurements.
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Software design
Action
Philips Healthcare sent an Urgent-Medical Device Correction letter dated May 23, 2012, via certified mail to each consignee. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to review the information contained in the letter with all members of their staff who need to be aware of the contents of the communication. The letter informed affected customers that a Philips Service Engineer will contact them for implementation of the software update on the affected systems free of charge. For any further information or support, customers can contact their local Philips representative or local Philips Healthcare office. For North America and Canada contact the Customer Care Solutions Center (1-800-722-9377, option 5: Enter Site ID or follow the prompts).
Quantity in commerce
44
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including the states of: AR, LA, MI, NC, NY, OH, OK and PA and the countries of: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.
Product codes and lots
Model number: 881001; serial numbers: 80818, 85088, 81178, 82006, 82038, 81063, 82018, 79935, 81150, 81013, 81173, 85068, 79932, 79943, 80911, 82019, 81027, 85049, 85043, 82008, 81119, 81089, 85108, 85026, 85146, 80994, 81021, 81182, 81017, 85067, 81161, 81164, 79936, 85103, 81147, 85110, 85082, 81179, 81035, 85046, 81031, 81129, 81004 & 85104.

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-2000-2012
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-2000-2012Class IITerminatedVoluntary: Firm initiated