Reported Sep 26, 2012 · Terminated

MX 16-slice CT Scanner System, models 728131 and 728132. The MX 16-slice CT Scanner System can be used as a whole body…

Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland) Inc · 595 Miner Road · Cleveland, OH · 44143-2131

Is this the product you have?

  • MX 16-slice CT Scanner System, models 728131 and 728132. The MX 16-slice CT Scanner System can be used as a whole body computed tomography X-ray system.
Lot codes and dates
    • System Code #
    • 728131
    • Serial #: EP16E090001-EP16E090004
    • EP16E090006-EP16E090015
    • EP16E100001- EP16E100004
    • EP16E100006
    • EP16E100008- EP16E100063
    • EP16E100067
    • EP16E100069- EP16E100113
    • EP16E110001- EP16E110065
    • EP16E110067-EP16E110070
    • EP16E110074-EP16E110075
    • EP16E110077-EP16E110078
    • EP16E110080
    • EP16E110083- EP16E110085
    • EP16E110088- EP16E110112
    • EP16E110115- EP16E110119
    • EP16E120001- EP16E120014
    • EP16E120016
    • EP16EB110003- EP16ER100007
    • EP16ER110003
    • EP16ER110006
    • P16C080001
    • P16C080002
    • P16C090001
    • P16C100001-P16C100015
    • P16C100017
    • P16C100018
    • P16C110001- P16C110008
    • P16C110011-P16C110037
    • P16C120001-P16C120003
    • P16C120006
    • P16C120007
    • P16E080005
    • P16E080007
    • P16E080008
    • P16E080012
    • P16E090002-P16E090021
    • P16E090024-P16E090028
    • P16E100002
    • P16EF80010
    • P16EM08003
    • and P16EM09002-P16EM09004. System Code #
    • 728132
    • Serial #: EP16E100005
    • EP16E100007
    • EP16E110066
    • EP16ER100003-EP16ER100005
    • EP16ER100008
    • EP16ER110004
    • EP16ER110005
    • and EP16ER110007-EP16ER110024
Amount recalled
328 units

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

On August 24, 2012 the firm recalled the MX 16-slice after discovering that a bolt which attaches the oil accumulator within the gantry may fail, resulting in the oil accumulator detaching from the tube housing assembly within the gantry.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Aug 28, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:24 PM UTC

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