Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de VersaCell X3 Solution and VersaCell X3 Expansion Pack

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 Diagnostics.

¿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
    68320
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 3
  • Número del evento
    Z-1832-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-04-25
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-06-19
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-04-16
  • 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
    Equipment, laboratory, general purpose, labeled or promoted for a specific medical use - Product Code LXG
  • Causa
    The keyboard and monitor may not be properly secured to the monitor arm.
  • Acción
    Siemen's Healthcare Diagnostics sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated April 25, 2014, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to complete and return teh Field Correction Effectiveness Check form attached to the letter within 30 days by fax to 302-631-7597. Inspect the monitor, keyboard and bracket assembly. If the screw and washer assembly is secure as shown in Figure 1, the monitor and keyboard assembly is safe to use. After making adjustments or repositioning the monitor, keyboard and bracket assembly, inspect the screw adn washer to ensure it is ssecure as shown in Figure 1. If there is a gap between the underside of the monitor support bracket and cylindrical mounting feature as shown in Figure 2, contact your Siemens technical support representative to schedule a service visit as soon as possible. Front load and manage samples directly on the connected instruments until your Siemens technical support representative addresses the issue. Customers were instructed to retain the letter with their laboratory records, and forward the letter to those who may have received the affected product. Customers with questions were instructed to contact their Siemens Customer Care Center or their local Siemens technical support representative. For questions regarding this recall call 877-229-3711.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Siemens Material Numbers: Instrument 10793839, Expansion Pack 10913528
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - USA including Iowa and New York and Internationally to Canada, Chile, France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Peru, Korea, and the United Kingdom.
  • Descripción del producto
    VersaCell X3 Solution and VersaCell X3 Expansion Pack, a robotic laboratory sample-management system. It connects up to 3 instruments and provides a user interface that routes samples, reduces manual tasks and consolidates results.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, 62 Flanders-Bartley Rd, Flanders NJ 07836-4715
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA