Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Symbia S 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
    52091
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1676-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2009-04-22
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-08-04
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2010-06-21
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=82077
  • 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
    Emission Computed Tomography System - Product Code KPS
  • Causa
    The pinion gear could crack and cause the gantry to spin freely thereby damaging the symbia s or t system and potentially injuring a patient during a scan.
  • Acción
    Siemens sent Urgent Field Correction Recall letters dated 4/22/09 to the affected users of the Symbia S and Symbia T Systems. The accounts were informed of the potential faulty pinion gear which could crack and cause the gantry to spin freely, damaging the system and potentially injuring a patient during a scan. The customers were advised to stop using the system if they hear any abnormal grinding noise from the gantry. They also were advised that a Siemens Customer Service Representative would contact them within 60 days to schedule a replacement of the pinion gear free of charge. Any questions were directed to contact Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 1-800-767-2313 (USA) for assistance. The accounts were requested to complete the Mandatory Fax-Back Form acknowledging receipt and understanding of the letter.

Device

Symbia S Series SPECT System
  • Modelo / Serial
    part 8717741, serial numbers 1326, 1315, 1324, 1330, 1310, 1325, 1336, 1307, 1317, 1331, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1308, 1309, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1316, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1332, 1334, 1335, and 1337.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, and Turkey.
  • Descripción del producto
    Symbia S Series SPECT System; Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography; Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL 60195-2061 || Indications for use: SPECT + CT: Perform scans and nuclear imaging studies with the same instrument. To obtain attenuation corrected images and to provide registration of anatomical and physiological images within the patient's anatomy.
  • 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 60195-2061
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA