Reported May 23, 2018 · Terminated

SOMATOM Force (Model 10742326) Computed tomography x-ray diagnostic system

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 (Model 10742326) Computed tomography x-ray diagnostic system
Lot codes and dates
  • Serial Numbers

    91 of 91 codes

    • 75708
    • 75765
    • 75714
    • 75790
    • 75709
    • 75607
    • 75784
    • 75789
    • 75617
    • 75550
    • 75526
    • 75512
    • 75775
    • 75567
    • 75536
    • 75807
    • 75711
    • 75716
    • 75514
    • 75770
    • 75600
    • 75794
    • 75563
    • 75824
    • 75768
    • 75510
    • 75792
    • 75454
    • 75754
    • 75755
    • 75540
    • 75739
    • 75806
    • 75808
    • 75571
    • 75818
    • 75437
    • 75500
    • 75527
    • 75776
    • 75728
    • 75475
    • 75535
    • 75820
    • 75727
    • 75481
    • 75439
    • 75450
    • 75482
    • 75760
    • 75710
    • 75460
    • 75476
    • 75588
    • 75493
    • 75458
    • 75528
    • 75467
    • 75823
    • 75761
Amount recalled
91

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

There is a potential risk of unnecessary radiation exposure due to a software issue found in the CARE Dose4D algorithm implemented in Siemens Healthineers CT scanners of types SOMATOM Definition AS, SOMATOM Definition DS, SOMATOM Definition Edge, SOMATOM Definition Flash and SOMATOM Force.

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 18, 2023 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:06 PM UTC

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