Events

Recall of Device Recall syngo Imaging

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
    51423
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1235-2009
  • Event Initiated Date
    2009-01-12
  • Event Date Posted
    2009-04-28
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2009-09-23
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=80254
  • 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
    picture archiving and communications system (PACS) - Product Code LLZ
  • Reason
    Incorrect and/or incomplete data: several potential safety issues while working with the syngo image product including, but not limited to, data loss, errors in patient data due to different patient ids, delays in image availability, inaccurate results during image measurements, incorrect review or diagnosis of displayed or printed images, measurement inaccuracies from the host modality and image.
  • Action
    syngo Imaging has issued an Addendum to the User Manual, which was distributed to affected customers via Update Instructions IM118/08/S in November, 2008. Two safety related hotfixes (VB20G_HF4 and VB30A_HF26) will be released to those affected only after Update Instructions IM118/08/S has been performed. The addendum informs the user about safety relevant notes which pertain to syngo Imaging versions VB20G and VB30A. Update is a prerequisite for the following safety related hotfixes: VB20G_HF4 and VB30A_HF26.

Device

Device Recall syngo Imaging
  • Model / Serial
    Model number 10 014 063. Serial numbers: 1005, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1043, 1049, 1053, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1061, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1071, 1074, 1076, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1086, 1090, 1105, 1107, 1112, 1114, 1116, 1119, 1124, 1174, 1188, 1189, 1202, 1203, 1210, 1218, 1226, 1227, 1229, 1240, 1246, 1247, 1258, 1269, 1271, 1278, 1279, 1310, 1316, 1329, and 1334.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Nationwide Distribution.
  • Product Description
    syngo Imaging, picture archiving and communications system (PACS), Model number 10 014 063
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Manufacturer

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, 51 Valley Stream Pkwy, Malvern PA 19355
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA