Events

Recall of Avia Centaur XPT System

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

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
    20214
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-05-30
  • 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, 55 Hugo Johnston Drive, Penrose, Auckland
  • Reason
    There are certain issues with all the advia® centaur xpt system software versions v1.0.1 (bundle 1.0.912 smn 10819704), v1.0.2 (bundle 1.0.1086 smn 11219806), v1.0.3 (bundle 1.0.1108 smn 11220781) and v1.1 (bundle 1.1.243 smn 11221979) that may affect the results generated by the system.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Avia Centaur XPT System
  • Model / Serial
    Model: 10711433, Affected: , Software version: V1.01(Bundle 1.0.912 SMN 11220781), V1.0.2(Bundle 1.0.1086 SMN 11219806), V1.0.3(Bundle 1.0.1108 SMN 11220781), V1.1Bundle 1.1.243 SMN 11221979
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc

Manufacturer

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