Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Siemens Healthcare SOMATOM Go.Up

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
    79207
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0713-2018
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2017-10-02
  • Estado del evento
    Open, Classified
  • País del evento
  • 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, x-ray, tomography, computed - Product Code JAK
  • Causa
    The table may become unstable if the nuts on the bolts were not adequately tightened and thus have the potential to loosen and several bolts may gradually loosen at the same time.
  • Acción
    Siemens sent a Customer Safety Advisory Notice letter date October 2, 2017 to their customers. Customers were instructed not to use the table if there is any unusual noise or vibration and to contact Siemens service organization immediately at 1-800-888-7436. Customers were informed that a service technician will schedule an on site repair.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Serial Numbers: 108054, 108059, 108062, 108069, 108076, 108077
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    US Nationwide Distribution in the states of FL, MO, NY, TN
  • Descripción del producto
    SOMATOM Go.Up computed tomography (CT) x-ray system table, Model Number: 11061628 || Product Usage: || Intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data. The images delivered by these systems can be used by a trained physician as an aid in diagnosis. These CT systems can be used for low dose lung cancer screening in high risk populations. High risk populations are as defined by professional medical societies. Please refer to clinical literature, including the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (N Engl J Med 2011; 365:395-409) and subsequent literature, for further information.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, 40 Liberty Blvd, Malvern PA 19355-1418
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA