FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: Siemens brand PRIMUS Linear Accelerators equipped with the optional Retractable Beam Shield and MEVATRON Linear Accelerator with optinal Retractable Beam Shield.
- Recall number
- Z-0355-06
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Product
- Siemens brand PRIMUS Linear Accelerators equipped with the optional Retractable Beam Shield and MEVATRON Linear Accelerator with optinal Retractable Beam Shield.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2003-01-08
- Posted
- 2006-01-06
- Terminated
- 2006-05-15
- Reason
- Incomplete installation of the optional Beam Shield may allow unexpected doses of radiation outside the radiation protected areas.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- On 1/8/03, the firm initiated the recall and its notification was via letters informing its customers of the corrective action.
- Quantity
- 125 units
- Distribution
- 28 units shipped within the US, 97 shipped internationally, to countries including Japan, India, Taiwan, Hungary, Italy, France, Colombia, Germany, Austria, CAnada, Croatia, Poland, Croatia, Brazil, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Herzogovina.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial numbers: 1941, 1944, 1953, 1991, 2014, 2029, 2093, 2111, 2113, 2163, 2182, 2238, 2281, 2295, 2329, 2389, 2407, 2429, 2431, 2435, 2443, 2455, 2471, 2486, 2487, 2489, 2495, 2497, 2504, 2527, 2549, 2553, 2557, 2558, 2572, 2586, 2594, 2603, 2605, 2607, 2635, 2637, 2642, 2653, 2675, 2689, 2699, 2712, 2728, 2731, 2736, 2737, 2744, 2746, 2772, 2793, 2795, 2805, 2809, 2843, 2845, 2853, 2865, 2873, 2879, 2926, 2942, 2946, 2949, 2969, 2972, 2976, 3007, 3138, 3152, 3157, 3167, 3184, 3187, 3196, 3247, 3286, 3325, 3337, 3352, 3379, 3439, 3442, 3463, 3512, 3527, 3528, 3532, 3535, 3538, 3559, 3647, 3648, 3652, 3664, 3674, 2174, 2176, 2178, 2187, 2188, 2209, 2215, 2253, 2259, 2266, 2285, 2296, 2298, 2303, 2308, 2356, 2359, 2365, 2377, 2381, 2386, 2409, 2416.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K993425"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- IYE
- Firm FEI
- 2937457
- Firm city
- Concord
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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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