Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: AXIOM Artis zee/zeego, system, x-ray, angiographic 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/zeego 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/zeego and Q/Q.zen can also support the acquisition of position triggered imaging for spatial data synthesis.

Recall number

Z-1284-2016

Recalling firm

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Product

AXIOM Artis zee/zeego, system, x-ray, angiographic 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/zeego 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/zeego and Q/Q.zen can also support the acquisition of position triggered imaging for spatial data synthesis.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2016-02-18

Posted

2016-03-31

Terminated

2017-08-08

Reason

Due to a leak in the cooling system, fluids could potentially seep into the equipment cabinet. Loss of coolant can result in a cooling system failure and subsequent system failure. This leak can occur sporadically in affected systems.

Root cause

Unknown/Undetermined by firm

Action

Siemens sent an Important Customer Safety Notice to customers on February 18, 2016 informing them that their service organization will contact them to arrange a date to perform the corrective action (replacement of affected plastic couplings with metal couplings to prevent fluid leaks). Customers were advised to contact Siemens service organization for an earlier appointment at 1-800-888-7436.

Quantity

986 systems in total

Distribution

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY including Puerto Rico.

Lot, serial or model codes

Serial Numbers:  Artis Q Ceiling   109033, 109135, 109141, 109123, 109080, 109074, 109119, 109016, 109118, 109155, 109067, 109066, 109068, 109134, 109133, 109084, 109011, 109096, 109159, 109130, 109143, 109102, 109015, 109144, 109009, 109057, 109108, 109103, 109038, 109040, 109034, 109129, 109137, 109029, 109136, 109064, 109132, 109058, 109145, 109050, 109076, 109007, 109072, 109075, 109071, 109091, 109090, 109041, 109039, 109060, 109146, 109088, 109092, 109032, 109021, 109048, 109020, 109036, 109043, 109161, 109101, 109105, 109104, 109107, 109047, 109031, 109028, 109027, 109120, 109010, 109093, 109157, 109156, 109069, 109158, 109044

510(k) numbers

["K073290"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

IZI

Firm FEI

2240869

Firm city

Malvern

Firm state

PA

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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