Reported Oct 19, 2016 · Terminated

Symbia S, Product Usage 1) SPECT: To Detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ, using the…

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · 2501 Barrington Rd · Hoffman Estates, IL · 60195-2061

Is this the product you have?

  • Symbia S
  • Product Usage 1) SPECTTo Detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ
  • using the following techniquesplanar imaging, whole body imaging, tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV. 2)
  • CTThe CT component is intended to produce corss-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the same axial plane taken at different angles or spiral planes taken at different angles. 3) SPECT +
  • CTPerform CT 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 patients anatomy
Lot codes and dates
  • Material Number 8717741
  • Serial Numbers

    732 of 732 codes

    • 1001
    • 1002
    • 1003
    • 1005
    • 1006
    • 1007
    • 1008
    • 1009
    • 1010
    • 1011
    • 1012
    • 1013
    • 1014
    • 1015
    • 1016
    • 1017
    • 1018
    • 1019
    • 1020
    • 1021
    • 1022
    • 1023
    • 1024
    • 1025
    • 1027
    • 1028
    • 1029
    • 1030
    • 1031
    • 1032
    • 1033
    • 1034
    • 1035
    • 1036
    • 1037
    • 1038
    • 1039
    • 1040
    • 1041
    • 1042
    • 1043
    • 1044
    • 1045
    • 1046
    • 1047
    • 1048
    • 1049
    • 1050
    • 1051
    • 1052
    • 1053
    • 1054
    • 1055
    • 1056
    • 1057
    • 1058
    • 1059
    • 1060
    • 1061
    • 1062
Amount recalled
732 units

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The detectors on the Symbia S and Symbia T camera systems are supported and moved horizontally and vertically by four linear bearing cars. There is a potential for the linear bearing car to fail allowing the ball bearings to fall out.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Dec 23, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:48 PM UTC

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