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Philips achieva and intera systems

Official notice

4 Jun 2025

Last checked

4 Jun 2025

High riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Philips achieva and intera systems. Philips has identified an issue where a specific component failure in the gradient coil of the affected 1.5T MR systems listed in this letter may act as a heat source with a potential to produce smoke and/or fire. If the component failure occurs, the user may observe the following: Repeated scan abort error messages due to gradient amplifier fault detection, described in section 4. Unusual noise from the system in the examination or technical room Smoke and/or fire from within the system Recall start date: October 25, 2023 Update (2025-06-04): Philips has identified additional MR systems (Intera 1.5T). Published 2025-06-04.

What to do now

Contact the manufacturer if you require additional information.

Recall number

74545

Official notice

2025-06-04

The hazard

Philips has identified an issue where a specific component failure in the gradient coil of the affected 1.5T MR systems listed in this letter may act as a heat source with a potential to produce smoke and/or fire. If the component failure occurs, the user may observe the following: Repeated scan abort error messages due to gradient amplifier fault detection, described in section 4. Unusual noise from the system in the examination or technical room Smoke and/or fire from within the system Recall start date: October 25, 2023 Update (2025-06-04): Philips has identified additional MR systems (Intera 1.5T).

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Recall Numbers

74545

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Achieva 1.5T MRI System - Main Unit, Lot or serial number - Not applicable., Model or catalogue number - ACHIEVA 1.5T

Product 2

Affected products - Intera 1.5T MRI System - Main Unit, Lot or serial number - Not applicable., Model or catalogue number - INTERA 1.5T

Risk / hazard

Philips has identified an issue where a specific component failure in the gradient coil of the affected 1.5T MR systems listed in this letter may act as a heat source with a potential to produce smoke and/or fire. If the component failure occurs, the user may observe the following: Repeated scan abort error messages due to gradient amplifier fault detection, described in section 4. Unusual noise from the system in the examination or technical room Smoke and/or fire from within the system Recall start date: October 25, 2023 Update (2025-06-04): Philips has identified additional MR systems (Intera 1.5T).

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Brand

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Philips.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HEALTH

Classification

Type I

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

74545

Classification

Type I

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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