Recall of Siemens Artis Zeego Systems with a C-arm

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
    17523
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-10-14
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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
    A cable inside the c-arm of systems affected may have been routed in an inappropriate manner and there is a potential that with increased wear a cable inside the c-arm may break. a cable break will result in restricted functionality and even system failure., the problem will not occur systematically but sporadically in the ongoing life time of a system.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model: C-arm, Affected:
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    NZMMDSA