Safety Alerts

Health Canada has posted a medical device safety alert concerning Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. Philips Allura XPER, Allura Centron and Azurion Systems [Model or Catalogue Number: 001443, 722026, 722027, 722028, 722023, 722029, 722058, 722038, 722039, 722227, 722228, 722067, 722068, 722223, 722078, 722224, 722079] [HKMD No.: 100205, 200480].

According to Health Canada, the manufacturer has become aware of issues with three components in certain PCs used with the Philips Allura XPER, Allura Centron and/or Azurion systems that may result in a loss of system functionality. Three components of the PCs may not perform as intended due to manufacturing issues. The PCs within the system may have one (or more) of the impacted components.

• Dimms (dual in-line memory modules): system may stop functioning and imaging may not be possible.
• Disk bay: System may stop functioning and imaging may not be possible (e.g. unresponsive, frozen images).
• Framegrabber card: Flexvision monitor may show no viewports, or one or more viewports may show no image, a distorted image, or a frozen image. also, switching between viewports on the flexvision monitor may be possible.

For further information, please visit https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/philips-allura-xper-allura-centron-and-azurion-systems

If you are in possession of the affected products, please contact your supplier for necessary actions.

Posted on 22 Jan 2024