FDA Recall Terminated

syngo Imaging XS Syngo Imaging XS is a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store and archive digital medical images. It supports the physician in diagnosis and treatment planning. Syngo Imaging XS also supports storage and archiving of Structured DICOM reports. Syngo Imaging XS optionally uses a variety of advanced postprocessing applications.

Recall: Z-1622-2014 · Initiated April 3, 2014

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1622-2014
Event Number
68107
Firm
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
FEI Number
2240869
Product Code
LLZ
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Use error
Initiated
April 3, 2014
Posted
May 16, 2014
Terminated
December 15, 2014
Address
51 Valley Stream Pkwy, Malvern, PA, 19355

Description

syngo Imaging XS Syngo Imaging XS is a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store and archive digital medical images. It supports the physician in diagnosis and treatment planning. Syngo Imaging XS also supports storage and archiving of Structured DICOM reports. Syngo Imaging XS optionally uses a variety of advanced postprocessing applications.

Reason

A complaint reported that the archiving method at one customer site was changed from implicit to explicit, and the cleanup procedure enabled by the explicit archivingmethod may have deleted data from archive itself.

Action

Siemens sent a Customer Safety Advisory Notice dated April 3, 2014, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Our service organization already checked all syngo Imaging sites and did not find any other occurrence of the wrongly configured link. Additionally our service organization will include the check for such wrongly configured links into the existing proactive site monitoring procedures. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with this safety advisory and ask you to immediately instruct your personnel accordingly. Please include this safety advisory notice in your operator's manual. In the interests of safety, we ask that you perform the above preventive measures and inform all affected personnel immediately. If you have sold this device/equipment and it is no longer in your possession, we kindly ask that you forward this safety notice to the new owner of this device/equipment. Please inform us about the new owner of the device/equipment. We regret any inconvenience that this may cause, and we thank you in advance for your understanding. For further questions please call (610) 219-6300. .

Distribution

Nationwide Distribution

Quantity

64