Health product recall

Achieva 1.5t MRI System-Main Unit

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Summary

Product
Achieva 1.5t MRI System-Main Unit
Issue
Medical devices - Performance
What to do

Contact the manufacturer if you require additional information. 

Audience
Healthcare

Affected products

Affected products

Lot or serial number

Model or catalogue number

Achieva 1.5t Mri System-Main Unit

Not applicable.

ACHIEVA 1.5T

Issue

Philips has identified an issue where a specific component failure in the gradient coil of the affected 1.5T MR systems listed in this letter may act as a heat source with a potential to produce smoke and/or fire. if the component failure occurs, the user may observe the following:

• repeated scan abort error messages due to gradient amplifier fault detection, described in section 4.

• unusual noise from the system in the examination or technical room 

• smoke and/or fire from within the system

Recall start date: October 25, 2023

 

Additional information

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Health product recall
Category
Health products - Medical devices - Radiology
Companies
Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V.
Veenpluis 6, Best, Netherlands, 5684 PC
Published by
Health Canada
Audience
Healthcare
Recall class
Type I
Identification number
RA-74545

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