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Device product

Philips Medical Systems, GEMINI TF Big Bore, Model #882476, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanning system, a diagnostic imaging systems for fixed or mobile installations that combines Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) systems.

Z-0883-2013

October 24, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc
Event
Event 63822
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
37
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0883-2013

Official wording

Reason: Software anomaly. Philips determined that the TumorLOC software program for the referenced PET/CT X-Ray scanning systems has the capability to generate Intensity Projection data sets from respiratory gated data. A circumstance was identified by the firm whereby these generated datasets are 'flipped' and incorrectly labeled left-to-right when the are saved to disk. If the flipped Intensity Project

Code information: The affected GEMINI Big Bore system is identified with the following Serial Numbers: 9004, 9005, 9006, 9008 ,9009, 9010, 9011, 9012, 9013, 9014, 9014, 9016, 9017, 9018, 9019, 9020, 9021, 9022, 9023, 9201, 9202, 9203, 9204, 9205, 9205, 9206, 9207, 9208, 9209, 9210, 9213, 9214, 9215, 9216, 9217, 9218, 9219, 9220, and 9221.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - USA including AK, AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, OA MA, MD MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, D, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV; Internationally to Canada and other countries..

Derived failure modes

  • Device software or design

    reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0

    Software anomaly
  • Labeling or packaging

    reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0

    incorrectly labeled