Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2020-01-20 · Type II
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Reported risk: Philips identified that a capacitor inside the convertor of the velara x-ray generator may fail after a large number of surges in a short period of time. When this occurs, no image acquisition is possible anymore. The failed capacitor may produce smoke and a burning odor in the room where the generator is located. If the system is a biplane model, x-ray acquisition is still possible on the other channel. If the system is a monoplane, it cannot be used anymore until the capacitor is replaced.
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