Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Siemens Stereotactic Biopsy System, in combination with Mammomat Inspiration mammography system

Según New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en New Zealand que fue producido por Siemens AG.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    17440
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-09-26
  • País del evento
    New Zealand
  • Fuente del evento
    NZMMDSA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and New Zealand.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Recalling Organisation: Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd, Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A, 600 Great South Road, Ellerslie, AUCKLAND 1051
  • Causa
    The stereo biopsy devices for mammomat inspiration mammography systems might have integrated a safety switch which causes a failure of the functionality. the pin implemented in the safety switch may not put enough pressure on the safety circuit to prohibit movement. the needle positioning device may move even with the safety switch being set sideward.
  • Acción
    Product to be modified

Device

Siemens Stereotactic Biopsy System, in combination with Mammomat Inspiration mammography system
  • Modelo / Serial
    Model: , Affected: 107 specific serial numbers of stereo biopsy devices
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens AG

Manufacturer

Siemens AG
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Siemens AG
  • Source
    NZMMDSA