Events

Recall of ARTIS ZEE FLOOR

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED.

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
    59757
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-06-12
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Siemens is informing all users of artis zee and artis zeego systems that under certain circumstances the release of radiation can become blocked unnecessarily. this situation comes about after the system has booted up and after an error with the large display occurs that causes the system to block the release of radiation. after this the system remains in a state where radiation cannot be released even if the error that triggered this state was only a temporary one and the error condition itself goes away after a few seconds (such as a brief communication error).

Device

ARTIS ZEE FLOOR
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 10094135 (Lot serial: 136972); Model Catalog: 10280959 (Lot serial: 160810); Model Catalog: 10094137 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 154691); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 154679); Model Catalog: 10094135 (Lot serial: 137167); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 153859); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 153854); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 153810); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 154693); Model Catalog: 10280959 (Lot serial: 160846); Model Catalog: 10094141 (Lot serial: 154569)
  • Product Description
    ARTIS ZEE FLOOR
  • Manufacturer
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Manufacturer

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  • Manufacturer Address
    OAKVILLE
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    HC