—#133313

Product

ACUSON SC2000 Ultrasound System, Model 10433816, component 10040596 - UILK2. The SC2000 ultrasound imaging system is intended for the following applications: Cardiac, Neo-natal and Fetal Cardiac, Pediatric, Transespohageal, Adult Cephalic, Peripheral Vessel, Abdominal, Abdominal Intraoperative, Intraoperative Neurological, Musculo-skeletal Conventional, and Musculo-skeletal Superficial applications. The system also provides the ability to measure anatomical structures and calculation packages that provide information to the clinician that may be used adjunctively with other medical data obtained by a physician for clinical diagnosis purposes.

FDA product code: IYN — System, Imaging, Pulsed Doppler, Ultrasonic
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Radiology
510(k) numbers: K123622
Affected lot / code info: Model number 10433816. serial numbers 401100 to 401400.

Why it was recalled

The bolt holding the control panel of the ACUSON SC2000 in a fixed position may fail and the Control panel cannot be locked into position.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Component design/selection

Action the firm took

Siemens Medical sent an Customer Safety Advisory Notification to all affected customers on January 12, 2015 , via Certified mail, return receipt requested.The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. At this time there is not mitigation to avoid risk associated with this issue. Local Customer Service Engineers will be contacting each site to replace the console. Until the necessary repairs have been completed, please share the information with all uses of the device. If you have any questions, please contact your local service support person for information regarding timelines and status. Until the necessary repairs have been completed on your system, please share this information with all personnel within your organization who need to be aware of this issue. As always, patient safety issues are a very high priority. To date, no patient injury has been reported. This problem was discovered as part of our ongoing quality process. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this condition may cause in your daily operations. For further questions please call (650) 694-5398.

Recalling firm

Firm: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Address: 685 E Middlefield Rd, Mountain View, California 94043-4045

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - USA and the countries of Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Ecuador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, P.R. China, Philippines, Portugal, Republic Korea, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, U.A.E. and United Kingdom.

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2015-01-12
Posted by FDA: 2015-02-05
Terminated: 2015-11-12
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #133313. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.