Events

Recall of Fujifilm Synapse CV Cardio Software

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Fujifilm Medical Systems USA 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
    16634
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-05-20
  • 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: Fujifilm NZ Limited, 2c William Pickering Drive, Albany, Auckland
  • Reason
    The "switch user" feature is an option in windows 7 that allows another user to open a new session with his user account without requiring the previous user to log out of the existing session. it has been discovered that running the same synapse cv client application under more than one windows user account simultaneously may cause outbound hl7 reports with incorrect data to be sent to the emr.
  • Action
    Instructions for use to be updated

Device

Fujifilm Synapse CV Cardio Software

Manufacturer

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc