Safety Alert for ARTIS ANGIOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT Technical Name: Angiography Equipment ANVISA Registration Number: 10345161980 Hazard Class: III Affected Model: Artis Zee Ceiling, Artis Zee Floor, Artis Zee Multi-purpose, Artis Zeego Serial Affected: 137159

According to Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), this safety alert involved a device in Brazil that was produced by Siemens Healthcare Diagnósticos S.A; Siemens AG.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    2221
  • Date
    2017-02-24
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ANVISA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, 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 data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Users should notify and instruct their staff to be aware of this problem and if the equipment exhibits any adverse behavior prior to corrective action, the company's support service should be contacted. ### UPDATED ON 10/26/2017, the company presented the completion report of the field action proving the sending of the security warning to the client with evidence of science and all actions completed. 2017, the company presented the completion report of the field action proving the sending of the security warning to the client with evidence of science and all actions completed.
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics informs that due to a defect in one component of the artis systems with an a100plus generator from a specific delivery batch and a megalix cat plus dual focus tube unit, it is possible for a module in the high voltage generator to fail.
  • Action
    Field Action Code AX015 / 16 / S & AX016 / 16 / S triggered under the responsibility of the company Siemens Healthcare Diagnósticos SA Company will make correction in the field.

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    ANVSANVISA