Philips Recalls Medical Imaging System Over Component Failure

Royal Philips NV is recalling one of its older medical scanning devices after a customer complaint brought potential component failures to light.

The manufacturer’s SPECT BrightView nuclear imaging system might experience a leadscrew failure in specific circumstances, Philips said Wednesday. The company sent a field safety notice to customers in December after receiving a single complaint. There was no report of injury or serious harm and Philips hasn’t been making or selling the product for a decade.

The warning adds to the woes stemming from quality issues at Philips, following a recent recall of an MRI device and long-standing problems ...