Reported Dec 14, 2016 · Terminated

SOMATOM Force, System x-ray, tomography, computed

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 Force, System x-ray, tomography, computed
Lot codes and dates
  • Model Number 10742326
  • Serial Numbers
    • 75708
    • 75709
    • 75607
    • 75617
    • 75550
    • 75526 75512
    • 75567
    • 75536
    • 75711
    • 75514
    • 75600
    • 75563
    • 75510
    • 75454
    • 75540
    • 75571
    • 75500 75527
    • 75475
    • 75535
    • 75481
    • 75482
    • 75710
    • 75460
    • 75476
    • 75588
    • 75493
    • 75458
    • 75528 75467
    • 75602
    • 75487
    • 75464
    • 75478
    • 75604
    • 75513
    • 75532
    • 75555
    • 75524
    • 75515
    • 75559 75610
    • 75501
    • 75570
    • 75616
    • 75576
    • 75605
Amount recalled
48 units distributed in U.S.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Siemens is providing software update version VA50A_SP3 to address the software bugs that were identified through normal field monitoring and the Global Complaint Handling Process. Correction for the problems are as follows: 1. Correction to volumetric misrepresentations of high contrast objects when using ADMIRE. 2. Correction to highly sporadic scan aborts due to temporarily tube currents at 0mA. 3. Correction to missing Microsoft Hotfixes (MS16-001, MS15-135, MS15-088, MS15-048). 4. Correction to highly sporadic image artifacts caused by error signals from high voltage chain at extremely high tube currents. 5. Correction to highly sporadic incomplete image reconstruction due to temporary slow hard disk write speed. 6. Correction to highly sporadic scan aborts due to temporarily high disk load of system disk. 7. Correction to highly sporadic image artifacts generated by scatter correction in case of tube arcings.

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 May 30, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:46 PM UTC

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