Safety Alert for Product name: Magnetic Resonance Equipment Technical Name: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment ANVISA Registration Number: 10345162032 Hazard Class: II Affected Model: MAGNETOM AERA, MAGNETOM SKYRA Series Numbers Affected: 12811009; 128110100

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 Healthcare GmbH / Siemens Healthcare Diagnósticos S.A / Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic REsonance Ltd - Siemens MRI Center.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    2086
  • Date
    2016-10-31
  • 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
    If you wish to notify technical complaints and adverse events use the following channels: Notivisa: Notices of adverse events (AE) and technical complaints (QT) for products subject to Sanitary Surveillance should be made through the NOTIVISA System. To access the System, you must register and select the Health Professional option, if you are a liberal professional or the Institution / Entity option, if you are a professional of an institution / entity. Technovigilance System: Patient or citizen can notify through the Technovigilance System / SISTEC access through the link
  • Reason
    The company has identified a potential manufacturing error in which in some cases the combi dockable table neurosurery may not have been manufactured properly and there is a possible risk of a sudden lowering of the table. this can occur with or without user interaction. the maximum height of the table top is 5 (five) cm.
  • Action
    Field Action Code MR035 / 16 / P triggered under the responsibility of the company Siemens Healthcare Diagnósticos SA Company will make Correction in Field.