Health product recall

Essenta Dr Compact Digital Radiography System

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Summary

Product
Essenta Dr Compact Digital Radiography System
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

Essenta Dr Compact Digital Radiography System

Not applicable.

9890 010 88021

Issue

There is a potential cybersecurity issue with Essenta Dr Compact Systems, which could result in unauthorized disclosure or modification of patient data. This issue may occur if a firewall is not in place, the file transfer protocol (ftp) is utilized, and the following sequence of events occurs:

• unauthorized personnel gains physical access to customer facility

• customer facility does not have a firewall and/or network segregation to isolate medical devices, and

• the unauthorized person connects their device to the Essenta Dr Compact System network at the specific time data is transferred (data is not continuously transferred).

Under these conditions unauthorized access or modification of patient data is possible.

Recall start date: August 18 , 2023

Additional information

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Health product recall
Category
Health products - Medical devices - Radiology
Companies
Philips Medical Systems Dmc Gmbh
Roentgenstrasse 24, Hamburg, Germany, 22335
Published by
Health Canada
Audience
Healthcare
Recall class
Type II
Identification number
RA-74215

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