Events

Recall of Acuson S1000

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Siemens Medical Solutions 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
    61803
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1616-2012
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-04-25
  • Event Date Posted
    2012-05-16
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2012-10-19
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=109121
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    System, imaging, pulsed doppler, ultrasonic - Product Code IYN
  • Reason
    When using the advanced sieclear spatial compounding feature a synchronization error may occur which can cause a mismatch between the image and the depth scale.
  • Action
    A field corrective action was initiated on 04/25/2012 under Siemens update program US019/12/S in which a "Customer Safety Advisory Notice" was sent to all customers notifying them of the problem and the recommended actions to avoid potential risk. A follow-up field corrective action will be initiated in which the affected software will be updated in the field.

Device

Acuson S1000
  • Model / Serial
    Serial numbers: 205730 205732 205523 205557 205721 205704 205747 205709 205685 205796 205751 205797 205771 205786 205795 205775 205785 205773 205783 205782 205791 205793 205789 205804 205873 205848 205821 205811 205840 205708 205909 206029 206072 205814 205977 205935 205971 206089 206120 205988 206112 206038 206087 205956 205937.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA, including the states of TX, NJ, GA and the countries of Germany, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Australia, Japan, Poland, Israel, Singapore, France and Saudi Arabia.
  • Product Description
    ACUSON S1000 ultrasound systems running software version 1.0, Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc. Mountain View, CA. The product is indicated for use as an ultrasound imaging system.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., 685 E Middlefield Rd, Mountain View CA 94043-4045
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA