Medical Device
Manufacturing
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Z-1307-2008

Impax 4.5, Impax 5.0, Impax 5.2 and Impax 5.2x Picture Archiving Systems (PACs) with integrated Voxar 3D...

AGFA Healthcare Corp. / initiated 2007-02-15 / Terminated / root cause: software

AGFA Corp. began a recall of Impax 4.5, Impax 5.0, Impax 5.2 and Impax 5.2x Picture Archiving Systems (PACs) with integrated Voxar 3D software; and Impax 5.0 and Impax 5.2 PACs with... on . The reason FDA records is "Misidentification: The orthopedic planning X-ray images for one patient are misidentified as the images for another patient". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-1307-2008
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
AGFA Healthcare Corp.
Product
Impax 4.5, Impax 5.0, Impax 5.2 and Impax 5.2x Picture Archiving Systems (PACs) with integrated Voxar 3D software; and Impax 5.0 and Impax 5.2 PACs with integrated MediCAD software. The softwares are used to provide digital X-ray images for pre-surgical orthopedic planning. AGFA Corp., Greenville, South Carolina 29601
Product code
LLZ System, Image Processing, Radiological
Reason for recall
Misidentification: The orthopedic planning X-ray images for one patient are misidentified as the images for another patient.
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Software design
Action
On 2/15/07, AGFA notified their consignees of the situation by sending them "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letters, instructing them on how to work around the problem until the firm was able to install the upgraded software that corrected the problem. On 12/11/2007, the firm reported that the upgraded software had been installed at all affected sites.
Quantity in commerce
879 units
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA including states of AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NV, NY, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA and WA, and country of Canada.
Product codes and lots
Hectec MediCAD: ETSAN; VOXAR 3D: L72JO; and Impax 4.5 or 5.0 or 5.2 Client /OT3000: A component of Order Codes: 60+00021533, 60+00021534, 60+00022471, 60+00022472, 60+00015451, 60+00015453, 60+00021535 and 60+00024519.