Reported Nov 23, 2016 · Terminated

SOMATOM Definition AS, Computed tomography x-ray system The Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS/ AS+ (Project P46) systems…

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 · 40 Liberty Blvd · Malvern, PA · 19355-1418

Is this the product you have?

  • SOMATOM Definition AS, Computed tomography x-ray system The Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS/ AS+ (Project P46) systems are intended to produce cross-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
Lot codes and dates
  • Model Number8098027
  • Serial Numbers
    • 96020
    • 96047
    • 74192
    • 83398
    • 96011
    • 83387 96029
Amount recalled
7 systems

This recall covers 8 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 7 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Siemens is releasing a software update that provides bug-fixes to improve system performance for customers with SOMATOM Definition AS, SOMATOM Definition Edge, SOMATOM Definition Flash Systems with software version VA48A_SP2 and Care Contrast license correction of potential safety issues.

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 Nov 8, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:47 PM UTC

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