Rappel de Device Recall Hi Visionultrasound diagnostic scanners

Selon U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ce/cet/cette rappel concerne un dispositif en/au/aux/à United States qui a été fabriqué par Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Une correction ou un retrait opéré par un fabricant afin de répondre à un problème causé par un dispositif médical. Les rappels surviennent lorsqu'un dispositif médical est défectueux, lorsqu'il pourrait poser un risque pour la santé, ou les deux à la fois.

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  • Type d'événement
    Recall
  • ID de l'événement
    52434
  • Classe de risque de l'événement
    Class 2
  • Numéro de l'événement
    Z-2055-2009
  • Date de mise en oeuvre de l'événement
    2008-05-12
  • Date de publication de l'événement
    2009-09-09
  • Statut de l'événement
    Terminated
  • Pays de l'événement
  • Date de fin de l'événement
    2011-07-20
  • Source de l'événement
    USFDA
  • URL de la source de l'événement
  • Notes / Alertes
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notes supplémentaires dans les données
    Diagnostic ultrasonic transducer - Product Code ITX
  • Cause
    The firm's parent company discovered a dicom uid (universal identifier) code mix-up which can occur due to a software error. this error can cause the images from two (2) different patient scans to become intermingled and consequently, labeled incorrectly.
  • Action
    HMSA issued a 'DEVICE CORRECTION' notification to their customers on 5/12/2008. The notification describes the potential data transmission problem (potential to archive studies done on different patients into the same patient folder) and the conditions under which this problem can occur. The notification cautions the user/customer to verify all images stored on the PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) in order to ensure that they do not contain images from a different patient. The DEVICE CORRECTION letter also states that the firm will be installing updated software on all affected systems beginning in June, 2008, in order to address this issue. It also states that a Hitachi Service Rep. will be contacting each customer and making arrangements to set up a convenient time to come out and perform a software upgrade. Lastly, the letter provides a toll-free telephone # to the firm's 'Customer Service Center: 1-800-800-4925, which the customer can use to obtain additional information, if desired.

Device

  • Modèle / numéro de série
    The following Serial Numbers of this device were subject to recall/software correction: 17084306, 17084308, 19921303, 17268307, 17268309, and 18190406.
  • Classification du dispositif
  • Classe de dispositif
    2
  • Dispositif implanté ?
    No
  • Distribution
    The recalled device system units were distributed to customers located in the following states within the U.S ony.: AR, CA, and TX.
  • Description du dispositif
    EUB-9500/HI VISION 8500 Diagnostic Ultrasound Scanners, || DICOM Option EZU-FC6, Software Versions: V11-01, V11-03, V12-03 and V12-04A.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Adresse du fabricant
    Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc, 1959 Summit Commerce Park, Twinsburg OH 44087
  • Société-mère du fabricant (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA