Events

Recall of Artis Q, Q.zen, zeego, zee systems

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Siemens Healthcare GmbH.

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
    21595
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-06-28
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd, Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A, 600 Great South Road, Ellerslie, AUCKLAND 1051
  • Reason
    The wannacry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack by the wannacry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the microsoft windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the bitcoin cryptocurrency. many of the systems are utilizing windows xp and windows 7 operating systems and therefore are at risk from wannacry virus. the manufacturer has released security patches as correction to address this issue, however the medical device is still performing according to its specifications and security patches are only cybersecurity enhancements.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Artis Q, Q.zen, zeego, zee systems
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: Utilizing Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare GmbH

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare GmbH
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens AG
  • Source
    NZMMDSA