BEUDAMED
    FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

    PRIMUS, ONCOR, ARTISTE Linac systems with component 550 TxT Treatment Table. TT-A, TT-D, TT-M or TT-S Table tops. Manufactured by: SIEMENS AG, MEDICAL SOLUTIONS Roentgenstrasse 19-21 Kemnath, GERMANY 95478 The intended use of the SIEMENS branded, ARTISTE", ONCOR" and PRIMUS" family of linear accelerator systems is to deliver X-ray photon and electron radiation for the therapeutic treatment of cancer.

    Recall: Z-0787-2014 · Reported January 29, 2014

    Enforcement

    Recall Number
    Z-0787-2014
    Event ID
    67126
    Classification
    Class II
    Status
    Terminated
    Product Type
    Devices
    Firm
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
    Voluntary / Mandated
    Voluntary: Firm initiated
    Initial Notification
    Letter
    Report Date
    January 29, 2014
    Initiation Date
    December 5, 2013
    Classification Date
    January 17, 2014
    Termination Date
    January 30, 2015
    Address
    757 Arnold Dr Ste A, Martinez, CA, 94553-3615, United States

    Description

    PRIMUS, ONCOR, ARTISTE Linac systems with component 550 TxT Treatment Table. TT-A, TT-D, TT-M or TT-S Table tops. Manufactured by: SIEMENS AG, MEDICAL SOLUTIONS Roentgenstrasse 19-21 Kemnath, GERMANY 95478 The intended use of the SIEMENS branded, ARTISTE", ONCOR" and PRIMUS" family of linear accelerator systems is to deliver X-ray photon and electron radiation for the therapeutic treatment of cancer.

    Reason

    Update to correct the possibility for patients or operators to have their fingers trapped or pinched between the table top and the bottom frame of the 550 TxT Treatment Table. Combined with this update instruction is a second complaint issue related to an incident in which a cable inside of the TxT" Treatment Table has been damaged due to contacting a moving part. The resulting short-circuit cau

    Code Info

    550 TxT table - part number 07346534.

    Distribution

    Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and internationally to: Canada, Italy, P.R. China, Argentina, Pakistan, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Hungary, Bulgaria, India, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad, Tobago, Italy, Algeria, Croatia, Turkey, Japan, Germany, Portugal, Poland, France, Sri Lanka, Russian Federation, France, Lebanon, Slovakia, Ukraine, Pakistan, and Korean Republic.

    Quantity

    305 active devices.