Events

Recall of Siemens Artis Zeego, Connector Robotic Stand

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

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
    16373
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-03-12
  • 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
    Manufacturer confirms that in the course of continuous product monitoring inthe field, it has been discovered that in four individual cases the crimping of motor connectors a1 o a3 was incorrectly carried out. in these four cases incorrectly executed crimping in which the crimping tool was used on the wrong point of the contact led to substandard contacting.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

Siemens Artis Zeego, Connector Robotic Stand
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: serial numbers of the motor connectors lower than 946295
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens AG

Manufacturer

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