Events

Recall of Device Recall syngo Dynamics version 9.0

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
    58545
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2293-2011
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-03-24
  • Event Date Posted
    2011-05-25
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2012-07-10
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=99559
  • 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
    If one or more graphs are in a table on the report, and if any of those graphs are deleted, it may lead to reports failing to save and/or marking the study as read might leave the study in an unread state or might mark the study as read but leave the report with a "preliminary" watermark displayed.
  • Action
    The firm, SIEMENS, sent a "Customer Safety Advisory Notice" letter dated March 24, 2011 to its customers. The letter describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to place graphs in sections and not tables in the report; avoid deleting graphs from the reports in run-time and include this safety advisory notice in their operator's manual where it should remain until the service patch is applied. SIEMENS will be issuing a service patch to fix the defect. The letter states the patch will be available in the next few weeks. If you have any questions, call +1 (734) 205-2400.

Device

Device Recall syngo Dynamics version 9.0
  • Model / Serial
    10091602, 10091604
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Nationwide distribution: USA including states of: CA, CT, FL, ID, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NY and PA.
  • Product Description
    syngo Dynamics version 9.0, Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI. || The syngo Dynamics is a picture archiving and communications system intended for acceptance, transfer, display, storage, archiving and manipulation of digital medical images, including quantification and report generation. It is not intended to be used for the reading of mammography images.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc

Manufacturer

Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc, 400 Morgan Rd, Ann Arbor MI 48108
  • Source
    USFDA