Events

Recall of ARTIS pheno systems

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Siemens Healthcare Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2018-RN-00667-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-05-31
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2018-RN-00667-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Siemens is advising of a potential issue with artis pheno systems. during manual rotation of the c-arm at maximum speed, the system's safety stop mechanism may be activated. as a result, the c-arm of artis pheno stops the rotation and can drop up to 40 mm {1.6 "). this can happen during an ongoing procedure. if this problem occurs, the system performs a safety stop. the system can then be operated normally again. under certain circumstances, the cover of the detector or collimator can touch and possibly injure the patient due to the drop caused by this safety stop.
  • Action
    As an immediate measure, Siemens' service organisation limits the maximum manual LAO/ RAO rotation from 25°/sec to 20°/sec and Cran/Caud rotation from 20°/sec to 10°/sec. All other system parameters as well as 3D acquisition and Perivis ion/Peristepping remain unaffected. Siemens are working on a solution to restore the system back to the original settings, and their service organisation will contact affected users to arrange an appointment to carry out the corrective action.

Device

ARTIS pheno systems

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Pty Ltd
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens AG
  • Source
    DHTGA