The Siemens Symbia S series is intended for use by appropriately trained health care professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing, staging and restaging of lesions, tumors, disease and organ function for the evaluation of diseases and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The images produced by the system can also be used by the physician to aid in radiotherapy treatment planning and interventional radiology procedures. SPECT: The SPECT component is intended to detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ (physiology), using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, and tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV. Software: The syngo MI Applications software is a display and analysis package intended to aid the clinician in the assessment and quantification of pathologies in images produced from SPECT, PET, CT, and other imaging modalities.
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-0911-2015
- Event Number
- 69114
- Firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- FEI Number
- 1000514697
- Product Code
- KPS
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Device Design
- Initiated
- August 12, 2014
- Posted
- January 6, 2015
- Terminated
- December 23, 2016
- Address
- 2501 Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL, 60195-2061
Description
The Siemens Symbia S series is intended for use by appropriately trained health care professionals to aid in detecting, localizing, diagnosing, staging and restaging of lesions, tumors, disease and organ function for the evaluation of diseases and disorders such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and cancer. The images produced by the system can also be used by the physician to aid in radiotherapy treatment planning and interventional radiology procedures. SPECT: The SPECT component is intended to detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ (physiology), using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, and tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV. Software: The syngo MI Applications software is a display and analysis package intended to aid the clinician in the assessment and quantification of pathologies in images produced from SPECT, PET, CT, and other imaging modalities.
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. has received reports of unintended radial motion of the detectors. This unintended motion, should it occur, may cause the patient compression related injuries.
Siemens sent Customer Safety Advisory Notice letters to all customers of record. The letters instructed customers to: 1) continue to use their system(s); 2) place the safety advisory in the system's instructions for use; and, 3) to anticipate that their local service engineer will contact them to perform an inspection and schedule any necessary repairs by December 2014. Customers were also instructed to share the letter with their support staff and, if the equipment was sold or transferred, to forward the safety notice to the new owner of the equipment. Customers with questions can contact their local service representative or Siemens Medical Solutions at 800-888-7436.
Worldwide Distribution - USA (naitonwide) and Internationally to Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, P.R. China, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic Korea, Romania, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
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