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Product

Artis Q (material 10848280, 10848281, 10848282) - Product Usage: AXIOM Artis zee and Q/ Q.zen is a family of dedicated angiography systems developed for single and biplane diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures including, but not limited to, pediatric and obese patients. Procedures that can be performed with the AXIOM Artis zee and Q/ Q.zen family include cardiac angiography, neuro angiography, general angiography, rotational angiography, operating room angiography, multipurpose angiography and whole body radiographic/fluoroscopic procedures. AXIOM Artis zee and Q/ Q.zen can also support the acquisition of position triggered imaging for spatial data synthesis.

FDA product code: IZI — System, X-Ray, Angiographic
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Radiology
510(k) numbers: K123529
Affected lot / code info: Serial Number 105121 105122 105123 105124 105125 111129 111130 111127 111106 111128 123245 123246 123240 123239 123244

Why it was recalled

In affected Artis systems the movement of the floating tabletop may be blocked after a collision sensor has been activated during system movement.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Software design

Action the firm took

On April 9, 2019, the firm distributed Urgent Medical Device Correction letters to affected customers. Customers were informed that ARTIS systems equipped with certain motor control units may encounter with hardware failure, and planned procedures may need to be terminated and performed on an alternative x-ray system. The firm stated their service organization would contact customers shortly to arrange a date to perform a software update to correct the issue. For an earlier appointment or if you have any questions, you may contact the firm at 1-800-888-7436. Customers were asked to promptly notify and instruct all staff at the organization who need to be aware of the notice. Additionally, if you further distributed the product, please identify your customers and notify them at once of this recall.

Recalling firm

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

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AL,AR, AZ, CA, FL, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA , WA WI and WV. and Foreign countries.

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2019-04-09
Terminated: 2020-04-23
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #172578. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.