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Philips Azurion X-ray system software recall for imaging loss and motorized movement failure

Philips has identified two software issues in Azurion R3.1 systems that may cause the device to restart continuously, lose X-ray imaging capability, lose motorized movement, display incorrect images, or lose data. One issue affects all models; a second affects only systems with a Poly-G3 frontal stand.

From the FDA notice · Read the official notice ↗ · All Philips recalls

What to do

  1. Check if your Azurion system model and serial number match the recall list
  2. Contact Philips Medical Systems immediately if your system is affected
  3. Do not use an affected system until Philips provides a software update or resolution
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Product
Philips Azurion system; Software Version Number: R3.1;
Sold in
International distribution in the countries of AE, AR, AT, AZ, BE, BG, BH, BR, BS, CH, CL, CO, CR, CY, CZ, DE, DK, DZ, EC, EG, ES, GB, GR, GT, ID, IE, IL, IN, IQ, IT, JE, JP, LB, MA, MO, NI, NL, NO, PE, PL, RO, SA, SE, SV, TR, UA, VE, VN, ZA;
Made for
All ages (under 100 years)

Details

Units affected
228 units (all OUS)
Illnesses reported
None reported
Manufactured in
Veenpluis 4-6, Best, Netherlands
Classification
Class II
Recall number
Z-1113-2026

In the FDA's words

Description
Philips Azurion system; Software Version Number: R3.1; Philips has identified two (2) software issues affecting device systems that may result in loss of imaging (X-ray) functionality and/or loss of motorized movement, and/or incorrect image content and/or loss of data. Issue 1 - System remains in continuous restart mode after the start-up. Issue 2 - Longitudinal Position Error Applicable only to systems with Poly-G3 frontal stand. Software Version Number: R3.1; (1) Model Number: 722221; System Product Name: Azurion 3 M12; UDI-DI: 00884838099203; Serial Numbers: (2) Model Number: 722222; System Product Name: Azurion 3 M15; UDI-DI: 00884838099210; Serial Numbers: (3) Model Number: 722223; System Product Name: Azurion 7 M12; UDI-DI: 00884838099241; Serial Numbers: (4) Model Number: 722224; System Product Name: Azurion 7 M20; UDI-DI: 00884838099258; Serial Numbers: (5) Model Number: 722225; System Product Name: Azurion 7 B12; UDI-DI: 00884838099265; Serial Numbers: (6) Model Number: 722226; System Product Name: Azurion 7 B20; UDI-DI: 00884838099272; Serial Numbers: (7) Model Number: 722227; System Product Name: Azurion 5 M12; UDI-DI: 00884838099227; Serial Numbers: (8) Model Number: 722228; System Product Name: Azurion 5 M20; UDI-DI: 00884838099234; Serial Numbers: (9) Model Number: 722229; System Product Name: Azurion 3 M12; UDI-DI: 00884838116726; Serial Numbers: 5, 9, 32, 40, 35, 31, 33; (10) Model Number: 722230; System Product Name: Azurion 3 M15; UDI-DI: 00884838116733; Serial Numbers: 25, 54, 50, 52, 55, 30, 63, 60, 67; (11) Model Number: 722231; System Product Name: Azurion 5 M12; UDI-DI: 00884838116740; Serial Numbers: 62, 7, 8, 14, 17, 63, 6, 66, 59, 69, 56, 67, 48, 68, 80, 93, 87, 94, 81, 92, 18; (12) Model Number: 722232; System Product Name: Azurion 5 M20; UDI-DI: 00884838116757; Serial Numbers: 97, 39, 31, 100, 104, 93, 115, 113, 118, 119, 89, 54, 67, 7, 128, 86, 110, 132, 130, 131, 123, 137, 139, 117, 260; (13) Model Number: 722233; System Product Name: Azurion 7 M12; UDI-DI: 00884838116764; Serial Numbers: 239, 100, 233, 240, 176, 227, 223, 130, 161, 194, 243, 56, 193, 280, 75, 253, 156, 288, 72, 281, 304, 300, 105, 295, 312, 310, 285, 292, 290, 298, 297; (14) Model Number: 722234; System Product Name: Azurion 7 M20; UDI-DI: 00884838116771; Serial Numbers: 731, 727, 261, 473, 683, 722, 562, 750, 745, 766, 265, 701, 400, 310, 421, 314, 182, 579, 96, 763, 272, 612, 15, 844, 105, 702, 751, 384, 851, 869, 743, 337, 651, 455, 706, 312, 563, 709, 764, 871, 846, 278, 713, 802, 868, 277, 742, 184, 819, 759, 910, 928, 415, 414, 945, 961, 355, 933, 692, 920, 569, 939, 909, 553, 837, 856, 571, 756, 941, 570, 761, 981, 353, 888, 964, 820, 746, 736, 876, 599, 1017, 908, 487, 983, 495; (15) Model Number: 722235; System Product Name: Azurion 7 B12; UDI-DI: 00884838116788; Serial Numbers: 96, 79, 111, 100, 101, 38, 27, 92, 78, 118, 48, 131, 135, 22, 125, 103, 138, 139, 137; (16) Model Number: 722236; System Product Name: Azurion 7 B20; UDI-DI: 00884838116801; Serial Numbers: 241, 297, 198, 215, 305, 274, 299, 78, 279, 287, 318, 353, 324, 331, 293, 245, 314, 310, 317, 312, 77, 358, 206, 383, 380, 370, 377, 385, 405, 379, 328; Distribution: International distribution in the countries of AE, AR, AT, AZ, BE, BG, BH, BR, BS, CH, CL, CO, CR, CY, CZ, DE, DK, DZ, EC, EG, ES, GB, GR, GT, ID, IE, IL, IN, IQ, IT, JE, JP, LB, MA, MO, NI, NL, NO, PE, PL, RO, SA, SE, SV, TR, UA, VE, VN, ZA; Affected quantity: 228 units (all OUS)
Hazard
Philips has identified two (2) software issues affecting device systems that may result in loss of imaging (X-ray) functionality and/or loss of motorized movement, and/or incorrect image content and/or loss of data. Issue 1 - System remains in continuous restart mode after the start-up. Issue 2 - Longitudinal Position Error Applicable only to systems with Poly-G3 frontal stand.

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