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Z-0280-2022Class II

Continuous CT Fluoroscopy DVI Ceiling Mount - CCT Arm DVI Option - Gemini TF 16 System Number: 882470...

Philips North America LLC / initiated 2021-05-01 / Open, Classified / root cause: design

Philips North America Llc began a recall of Continuous CT Fluoroscopy DVI Ceiling Mount - CCT Arm DVI Option - Gemini TF 16 System Number: 882470 Continuous CT (CCT) is a CT or PET/CT product option that... on . FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Significant wear of the Monitor Bracket Assembly shaft may go unrecognized could lead to the Monitor Bracket Assembly detaching from the Suspension Arm, and resulting in injury to patient, operator, bystander, or...". As of , the recall status on record is Open, Classified, and MDM tags the root cause as design.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-0280-2022
Classification
Class II
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated
Posted
Recalling firm
Philips North America LLC
Product
Continuous CT Fluoroscopy DVI Ceiling Mount - CCT Arm DVI Option - Gemini TF 16 System Number: 882470 Continuous CT (CCT) is a CT or PET/CT product option that enables physicians and radiologists to produce real-time CT images to facilitate image-guided surgery.
Product code
KPS System, Tomography, Computed, Emission
Reason for recall
Significant wear of the Monitor Bracket Assembly shaft may go unrecognized could lead to the Monitor Bracket Assembly detaching from the Suspension Arm, and resulting in injury to patient, operator, bystander, or service person located in the path of a falling part
Root cause tag
design
FDA root cause
Device Design
Action
Philips notified U.S. consignees by "URGENT - Field Safety Notice Medical Device Correction" FSN 72800751 for CT consignees and FSN 88200530 for PET/CT consignees via USPS Certified mail on 5/1/21. Non-U.S. customers will receive the letter through Philips Global Markets following local regulations. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: Be aware of this hazard when the safety clip is missing from the joint assembly between the Monitor Bracket Assembly and the Ceiling Suspension Arm. " Inspect the joint area of your CCT DVI Ceiling Mount Arm (the circled area in picture at the right) and observe that the safety clip is installed (as depicted in pictures below). " When this hazard occurs, the monitor may become difficult to rotate relative to the Suspension Arm. When these symptoms are recognized, in order to avoid the occurrence of a hazardous situation, take the following actions: stop using the suspension monitor clinically move the monitor arm away from any person call Philips Service for repairs. Please acknowledge the receipt of this notice by completing, signing, and returning the form to the indicated email address: [email protected]. Philips is inspecting the affected units and, if necessary, repairing joint safety components and joint wear components by FCO 72800751 and FCO 72800752 for CT consignees, and FCO 88200530 and FCO 88200531 for AMI consignees, respectively. If you need any further information or support concerning this issue, please contact your local Philips representative: For North America, contact the Customer Care Solutions Center (1-800-722-9377, follow the prompts).
Quantity in commerce
3 units
Distribution
US (nationwide) distribution to states of: CA, ME, TX and OUS (Foreign) to countries of: Australia, Germany, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.
Product codes and lots
Serial Number: 7084 7145 7584

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-0280-2022
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-0277-2022Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0278-2022Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0279-2022Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0280-2022Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0281-2022Class IIOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated