Recall of Syngo Plaza VB10A

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
    75125
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2794-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-08-02
  • Event Date Posted
    2016-09-14
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-03-20
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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 communication system - Product Code LLZ
  • Reason
    Siemens is releasing a customer advisory notice to explain meaning of a suffix o.P. that shows on some dicom images on area, distance or perimeter values. this suffix stands for on projection and indicates that a shown measurement value may be different from the real value.
  • Action
    Siemens mailed to customers on August 04, 2016 a Customer Advisory Notice that provided interpretations about the meaning of measurement values like area, distance and perimeter shown as "o.p." by the syngo.plaza.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Numbers: 10863171, 10863172, 10863173, 10592457  Serial Numbers:  100262,100389,100198,100258,100259,100538,100135,100133,100213,100214,100031,100032,100484,100362,100233,100140,100141,100142,100143,100144,100416,100105,100106,100109,100110,100111,100112,100113,100114,100115,100116,100117,100119,100120,100461,100457,100245,100447,100364,100314,100298,100299,100386,200277,100139,100027,100028,100300,100559,100440,100441,100197,100170,100025,100026,100084,100186,100189,100190,100191,100192,100195,100196,100550,100033,100034,100306,100307,100232,100449,100450,100185,100596,100256,100199,100188,100193,100194,100257,100226,100228,100425,100029,100030,100253,100203,100204,100132,100247,100248,100434,100215,100491,100495,100230,100221,100212,100539,100206
  • Product Classification
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Nationwide Distribution
  • Product Description
    Syngo.Plaza VB 10 A, image processing system (PACS) intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store and archive digital medical images.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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