—#150055

Product

YSIO Max Product Usage: The Ysio Max is a radiographic system used in hospitals, clinics, and medical practices. Ysio Max enables radiographic and tomographic exposures of the whole body including: skull, chest, abdomen, and extremities and may be used on pediatric, adult and bariatric patients. It can also be used for intravenous, small interventions (like biopsy, punctures, etc.) and emergency (trauma, critical ill) applications. Exposures may be taken with the patient sitting, standing, or in the prone position. The Ysio Max system is not meant for mammography.

FDA product code: KPR — System, X-Ray, Stationary
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Radiology
510(k) numbers: K133259
Affected lot / code info: Model Number: 10762470, 10893300, 10746665 Serial Numbers: 24644,24613,24615,40328,24611,24612,24614,40326,40322,40316,24599,24600,40404,24634,2464124590,40402,1314,40312,24591,24592,40327,40323,24656,24659,40335,1315,40332,40403,24605,40325,40313,24645,24610,24580,24648,24581

Why it was recalled

Siemens became aware of a potential issue with the patient table for Ysio Max and Multix Fusion systems. There is an unlikely risk that an internal part of the table may detach causing the table top to tilt to the left side which could result in an injury to a patient on the table.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Process control

Action the firm took

Siemens sent a Customer Safety Advisory Notice letter dated August 4, 2016 to their customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. The letter instructed customers to discontinue use of the tables until one of their service technicians can inspect the affected part of each table.

Recalling firm

Firm: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
Address: 40 Liberty Blvd, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355-1418

Distribution

Distribution pattern: US Nationwide Distribution

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2016-08-01
Terminated: 2016-12-13
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #150055. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.