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Device product

The Brilliance CT Big Bore is a whole-body Computed Tomography X-ray system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of X-ray transmission data from the same axial plane taken at different angles. Model Numbers 728244 and 728243.

Z-2666-2014

August 31, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
Event
Event 69051
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
257
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2666-2014

Official wording

Reason: Philips Healthcare received a complaint stating the system opens e-stop while sitting idle causing all movements and scan to stop. The problem has only occurred one time when the scan was out of Ready for Scan or scanning mode.

Code information: System Code #, 728243, 728244, Serial #: 7022, 7118, 7151, 7298, 7343, 7360, 7361, 7362, 7363, 7364, 7365, 7366, 7367, 7368, 7369, 7370, 7371, 7372, 7373, 7374, 7375, 7376, 7377, 7378, 7379, 7380, 7381, 7382, 7383, 7384, 7385, 7386, 7387, 7388, 7389, 7390, 7391, 7392, 7393, 7394, 7395, 7396, 7397, 7398, 7399, 7400, 7401, 7402, 7403, 7404, 7405, 7406, 7407, 7408, 7409, 7410, 7411, 7412, 7413, 7414, 7415, 7416, 7417, 7418, 7419, 7420, 7421, 7422, 7423, 7424, 7425, 7426, 7427, 7428, 7429, 7430, 7431, 7432, 7433, 7434, 7435, 7436, 7437, 7438, 7439, 7440, 7441, 7442, 7443, 7444, 7445, 7446, 7447, 7448, 7449, 7450, 7451, 7452, 7453, 7454, 7455, 7456, 7457, 7458, 7459, 7461, 7462, 7463, 7464, 7465, 7466, 7467, 7468, 7469, 7470, 7471, 7472, 7473, 7474, 7475, 7476, 7477, 7478, 7479, 7480, 7481, 7482, 7483, 7484, 7485, 7486, 7487, 7488, 7489, 7490, 7491, 7492, 7493, 7494, 7495, 7496, 7497, 7498, 7499, 7500, 7501, 7502, 7503, 7503, 7504, 7505, 7506, 7507, 7508, 7509, 7510, 7511, 7512, 7513, 7514, 7515, 7516, 7517, 7518, 7519, 7520, 7521, 7522, 7523, 7524, 7525, 7526, 7527, 7528, 7529, 7530, 7531, 7532, 7533, 7534, 7535, 7536, 7537, 7538, 7539, 7540, 7541, 7542, 7543, 7544, 7545, 7546, 7547, 7548, 7549, 7550, 7551, 7552, 7553, 7554, 7555, 7556, 7557, 7558, 7559, 7560, 7561, 7562, 7563, 7564, 7565, 7566, 7567, 7568, 7569, 7570, 7571, 7572, 7573, 7574, 7575, 7576, 7577, 7578, 7578, 7579, 7580, 7581, 7582, 7583, 7584, 7585, 7586, 7587, 7588, 7589, 7590, 7591, 7592, 7593, 7594, 7595, 7596, 7597, 7598, 7599, 7600, 7601, 7602, 7603, 7604, 7605, 7606, 7607, 7608, 7609, 7610, 7611, 7612, 7613, 7614, 7615

Distribution pattern: Nationwide Distribution incuding states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, and WI.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Philips Healthcare received a complaint stating the system opens e-stop while sitting idle causing all movements and scan to stop. The problem has only occurred one time when the scan was out of Ready for Scan or scanning mode.