Events

Recall of Device Recall Picture archiving and communications system

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
    73274
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0826-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-01-29
  • Event Date Posted
    2016-02-19
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-02-16
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=143694
  • 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, image processing, radiological - Product Code LLZ
  • Reason
    Siemens is releasing a software update that addresses an issue of mixing data from multiple patients. in rare situations, echo trend graphs may mix data from multiple patients.
  • Action
    The firm, Siemens Healthcare, sent a "Customer Advisory Notice" dated 1/19/2019 to its customers.The notice described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to create a new department if immediate resolution is necessary, use workplace for reporting and hand over the customer letter before or during installation of field modification(PSL) distributed with Update Instruction SY013/16P. A software update to resolve reported issues is being released via an Update Instruction SY013/16/P. If you have any questions, contact Regulatory Technical Specialist at 610-448-6478 or email: anastasia.sokolova@siemens.com.

Device

Device Recall Picture archiving and communications system
  • Model / Serial
    For model #10091673
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    US Nationwide Distribution including states of: AL AR AZ CA CO CT DE FL GA IL IN KS LA MA MD MI MN MO NC ND NE NJ NM NY OH OR PA SC TN TX UT VA WA and WI.
  • Product Description
    software for Syngo Dynamics || a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) intended for acceptance, transfer, display, storage, archive and manipulation of digital medical images, including quantification and report generation. Syngo Dynamics is not intended to be used for reading of mammography images.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Manufacturer

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, 40 Liberty Blvd, Malvern PA 19355-1418
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA