Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Symbia E Series SPECT System

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
    61672
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1686-2012
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2012-05-15
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2012-05-30
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2016-12-23
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • 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
    System, tomography, computed, emission - Product Code KPS
  • Causa
    Siemens has identified a potential patient safety issue for e.Cam and symbia e camera systems that have had the radial drive motor assembly replaced during a service action. there is a remote chance that during the motor replacement the radial drive gear may have been replaced incorrectly. if the gear is installed incorrectly the mechanical brake may not engage creating a patient hazard if the sys.
  • Acción
    On May 15, 2012, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. sent an "Urgent Field Correction Recall" letter dated April 11, 2012 to all affected customers. The letters informed customers of the potential patient safety issue for e.cam and Symbia E camera systems that have had the radial drive motor assembly replaced during a Service action. Customers were informed that a Siemens Service Engineer will be inspecting the radial drive gear on their camera system to ensure it is functioning correctly. For questions or assistance they were instructed to contact Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 800-888-7436.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Material number 10275879, serial numbers 1028, 1034, 1062, 1098, 1106, 1134, 1138, 1205 and 1283.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution, US (Nationwide) and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
  • Descripción del producto
    Symbia E Series SPECT System; Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography. The Siemens Symbia E system is a high performance dual detector variable angle system with flexible patient positioning for planar imaging, whole-body scans, and SPECT studies.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., 2501 Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates IL 60195-2061
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA