Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Biograph Horizon PET/CT

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc..

¿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
    79988
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1597-2018
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2018-01-26
  • Estado del evento
    Open, Classified
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=164139
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    positron emmission and x-ray computed tomography - Product Code JAK
  • Causa
    Error introduced into pet images acquired and reconstructed with vj20a software. array values are indexed improperly when the norm file is created during qc. during data reconstruction, incorrect values are being applied. this can lead to a gradient in the image. the severity of the error is directly related to the positioning of the pet qc phantom relative to the center of the field of view.
  • Acción
    Customers were notified via letter on approximately 01/26/2018. Instructions included to ensure proper positioning of the PET QC Phantom when performing the PET Quality Control Procedure by following section 6.3.1 in the Biograph Horizon Operator's Manual for Examination and Acquisition, complete the software update to PETsyngo VJ20B, ensure the recall notice is placed in the Biograph Horizon Operator's Manual for Examination and Acquisition and disseminated to all operators of the Biograph Horizon. If the equipment has been sold to another customer, they are instructed to provide the recall notice to the new owner.

Device

Device Recall Biograph Horizon PET/CT
  • Modelo / Serial
    Software version VJ20A. Code No. 10532746, 10532748.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Australia, France, India, Japan, and Netherlands.
  • Descripción del producto
    Biograph Horizon - PET/CT, PETsyngo VJ20A Software Nuclear medicine/ xray diagnostic scanner.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., 2501 Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates IL 60192-2061
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA