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Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: Artis zee/zeego, Angiographic x-ray system Stand alone system The Artis systems are 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 Artis zee/ zeego and Q/ Q.zen include cardiac angiography, neuro angiography, general angiography, rotational angiography, operating room angiography, multipurpose angiography and whole body radiographic/fluoroscopic procedures. Artis zee/ zeego and Q/ Q.zen can also support the acquisition of position triggered imaging for spatial data synthesis.
- Recall number
- Z-0971-2017
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Product
- Artis zee/zeego, Angiographic x-ray system Stand alone system The Artis systems are 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 Artis zee/ zeego and Q/ Q.zen include cardiac angiography, neuro angiography, general angiography, rotational angiography, operating room angiography, multipurpose angiography and whole body radiographic/fluoroscopic procedures. Artis zee/ zeego and Q/ Q.zen can also support the acquisition of position triggered imaging for spatial data synthesis.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-12-08
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2019-04-09
- Reason
- Siemens initiated a corrective action to address two possible, mutually independent causes of a system defect related to the following: - In Artis Systems with A100 Plus or A100G generators, an attempt to resume operation following detection of a fault can result in the failure of a module in the high-voltage generator. - For biplane systems delivered with software version VD11B since April of this year, software problems in conjunction with graphics card may, in rare cases, result in the loss of image display in the examination room.
- Root cause
- Software in the Use Environment
- Action
- Siemens mailed a Customer Safety Advisory Notice (CSAN) dated December 8, 2016, to all affected customers with Customer Safety Advisory Notice AX002/16/S. Additionally, Siemens has initiated a software update via Update Instruction AX001/16/S. Their Service Organization will contact each customer to schedule an appointment to perform the corrective action; however, customers can make contact for an earlier appointment. Customers with questions should call 1-888-826-9702. For questions regarding this recall call 610-448-6461.
- Quantity
- 1,500 distributed Worldwide
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Model # 10094135, 10094137, 10094139, 10094141, 10280959, 10848283
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K141574"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OWB
- Firm FEI
- 2240869
- Firm city
- Malvern
- Firm state
- PA
- 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
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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