Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.: Siemens, ACUSON Antares, Ultrasound System (Standard and Premium Edition), 5.0 Systems with software version 200.0.054, P/N : 10032747 and 10032746 standard, 10032746, 10037591, and 10038202 for premium edition, Siemens, Ultrasound Division, Mountain View, CA 94039

Recall number

Z-0297-2008

Recalling firm

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Product

Siemens, ACUSON Antares, Ultrasound System (Standard and Premium Edition), 5.0 Systems with software version 200.0.054, P/N : 10032747 and 10032746 standard, 10032746, 10037591, and 10038202 for premium edition, Siemens, Ultrasound Division, Mountain View, CA 94039

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2007-07-10

Posted

2008-01-09

Terminated

2010-12-20

Reason

Image errors: A software problem results in on-screen indications (graphics) that lead the user to believe that the patient's right and left and the transducer orientation are oriented the same. This is not the case and the actual patient's right and left are reversed from the on-screen indicators.

Root cause

Software design

Action

The firm sent a recall letter, Urgent Medical Device Notification, to consignees on 07/10/2007, to be followed by a service visit by Siemens personnel for a mandatory software update to be installed. Short term the users were instructed to avoid increasing the SieClear compounding levels to an Advanced SieClear compounding setting after an L/R invert action with Biopsy guidelines on-screen.

Quantity

418 units (Z-0297-0298-2008)

Distribution

Worldwide: Product was distributed to medical facilities Nationwide including the states of OH, FL, IL, NY, CA, NH, TX, NJ, PA, MD, MO, GA, WA, WI, NE, WV, HI, MA, SC, MI, VA, AZ, UT, NH, RI, KY, SD, and IN, and internationally to Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Chile, South Korea, Mexico, France, UK, Taiwan, Singapore, Denmark, Brazil, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Serbia, Vietnam, UK, Poland, China, Spain, South Africa, Austria, Croatia, Russia, Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, India, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, Thailand, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, and Venezuela.

Lot, serial or model codes

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510(k) numbers

["K063803"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

IYN

Firm FEI

2936884

Firm city

Mountain View

Firm state

CA

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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