FDA Enforcement
Class II
Terminated
SOMATOM Emotion 16; produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the same axial plane taken at different angels or spiral planes taken at different angles.
Recall: Z-1933-2015
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Reported July 8, 2015
Enforcement
- Recall Number
- Z-1933-2015
- Event ID
- 71484
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Product Type
- Devices
- Firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Voluntary / Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial Notification
- Letter
- Report Date
- July 8, 2015
- Initiation Date
- June 4, 2015
- Classification Date
- June 27, 2015
- Termination Date
- March 24, 2017
- Address
- 51 Valley Stream Pkwy, Malvern, PA, 19355-1406, United States
Description
SOMATOM Emotion 16; produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the same axial plane taken at different angels or spiral planes taken at different angles.
Reason
A potential safety issue involving two (2) broken screws and one (1) bowed, which is used to fix the Balance Weight of the DMS in the gantry, was found during a service call at the customer site.
Code Info
model numbers: 10165977, with serial numbers: 32310 32254 32322 32317 32303 32295 32327 32309 32319 32237 32326 32259 32323 32257 32298 32315 32268 32244 32252 32293 32349 32313 32334 32301 32339 32277 32292 32281 32273 32320 32324 32346 32270
Distribution
Nationwide Distribution.
Quantity
40 total