FDA recall Z-1646-2022

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc · Class II · device

Product

Artis pheno- Model No. 10849000

Reason for recall

Siemens has become aware of a potential hardware issue with Artis Q, Artis Q.zen, Artis pheno and Artis icono systems with a specific lot of X-ray tubes. In rare cases, if the error detection mechanism fails, it will not be possible to release X-ray any longer until system shutdown.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and OUS (Foreign) to countries of: United Arab Emirates; Armenia; Angola; Argentina; Austria; Australia; Bangladesh; Belgium; Bulgaria; Bahrain; Brazil; Canada; Switzerland; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; Germany; Denmark; Dominican Republic; Algeria; Estonia; Egypt; Spain; Finland; France; United Kingdom; Greece; Guatemala; Hong Kong; Croatia; Inhouse Company; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; India; Iran; Italy; Jordan; Japan; South Korea; Kuwait; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Luxembourg; Monaco; Mongolia; Martinique; Mexico; Malaysia; Netherlands; Norway; New Zealand; Oman; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Serbia; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Singapore; Slovenia; Slovakia; El Salvador; Thailand; Turkey; Taiwan; Ukraine; Vietnam and South Africa.

Key facts

Status
Ongoing
Initiation date
2022-08-10
Report date
2022-09-07
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Malvern, PA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1646-2022