Company:Philips Healthcare Informatics, Inc.
Date of Enforcement Report: 11/20/2013
Class lI:

PRODUCT

Philips brand IntelliSpace PACS 4.4, Image Management System; The system is a software package used with general purpose computing hardware to acquire, store, distribute, process and display images and associated data throughout a clinical environment. Product is manufactured and distributed by Philips Healthcare Informatics, Inc. Foster City, CA IntelliSpace PACS are image management systems intended to be used by trained professionals, including but not limited to physicians, nurses and medical technicians. The system is a software package used with general purpose computing hardware to acquire, store, distribute, process and display images and associated data throughout a clinical environment. The software performs digital image processing, measurement, communication and storage. iSite supports receiving, sending, printing, storing and displaying studies received from the following modality types via DICOM: CT, MR, NM, US, XA, PET, DX, DR, RE, RT, MG, SC, VL, as well as hospital/radiology information systems. Recall Number Z-0269-2014

REASON
Philips Healthcare became aware of a software problem with the IntelliSpace PACS system, in that a timing issue has been identified that may result in a condition where the device does not store additional images received before processing is complete. The missing images may contain pathology which may result in a different diagnosis if they had been available at time of interpretation.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Philips Healthcare Informatics, Inc., Foster City, CA on 10/14/2013. Voluntary: Firm Initiated recall is ongoing.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
71 units

DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Canada

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