Events

Recall of Device Recall SOMATOM Sensation 64/ Cardiac64

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
    73477
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1305-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-02-15
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2016-12-07
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=144593
  • 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, x-ray, tomography, computed - Product Code JAK
  • Reason
    Siemens is initiating this recall due to a potential malfunction and hence potential hazard to patients and personnel when using the somatom emotion or somatom sensation systems in conjunction with the use of the cardio licenses "cardio pro" and "cardio retro".
  • Action
    A Safety Advisory Notice was sent to customers informing them of a potential malfunction and hence potential hazard to patients and personnel when using the SOMATOM Emotion or SOMATOM Sensation systems. Siemens informed them that they will deliver an Update Instruction for their Service Engineers to modify the installed Firmware. This will correct the rare synchronization errors of Scanner Firmware and Scanner Software to start the application of the x-ray in compliance with the optimum triggering point for best image quality.

Device

Device Recall SOMATOM Sensation 64/ Cardiac64
  • Model / Serial
    Model Number: SOMATOM Sensation 64/ Cardiac 64 - 8377520
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    US (nationwide) including Guam and the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WA.
  • Product Description
    Siemens branded SOMATOM Emotion and SOMATOM Sensation families of CT systems intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the same axial plane taken at different angles or spiral planes taken at different angles.
  • 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