Events

Field Safety Notices about e.cam and Symbia E systems

According to Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), this field safety notices involved a device in Slovenia that was produced by Siemens.

What is this?

Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event Country
    Slovenia
  • Event Source
    AMPMDRS
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), 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 Slovenia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    We have received reports of patients’ hair being caught in the e.Cam and symbia e patient bed up/down drive. the purpose of this letter is to remind users of the patient positioning instructions for your e.Cam or symbia e system and to inform you of an update that will be performed by your local siemens service representative.

Device

e.cam and Symbia E systems
  • Model / Serial
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens

Manufacturer

Siemens
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    AMPMDRS