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Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.: Symbia E is a multi-purpose SPECT system used to detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ, using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV.
- Recall number
- Z-1296-2015
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Product
- Symbia E is a multi-purpose SPECT system used to detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ, using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-04-11
- Posted
- 2015-03-19
- Terminated
- 2016-12-23
- Reason
- Radial motor drives replaced during a customer service action were incorrectly assembled backwards.
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- Urgent Field Correction- Recall letters dated April 11, 2012 were sent to all potentially affected customers. The letters included instructions for customers to immediately remove the patient from the bed and contact the customer's Service Engineer in the event that one of the following errors is displayed "A motion control error has occurred (E112)" or "A motion control error has occurred (E113)." Customers were advised that a Service Engineer will be inspecting the radial drive gear on the customer's camera system to ensure it is functioning correctly and that the machines can continue to be used as usual until the Service Engineer can perform the inspection of the machine(s). Customers with questions were advised to contact Siemens as 800-888-7436.
- Quantity
- 419 systems (worldwide)
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution-US (nationwide) including the District of Columbia and the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, 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, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV and the countries of AE, AL, AO, AR, AT, AU, BA, BD, BE, BG, BH, BO, BR, BW, BY, CA, CH, CL, CM, CN, CO, CR, CY, CZ, DE, DK, DO, DZ, EC, EG, ES, FA, FI, FR, GB, GE, GR, HK, HR, ID, IE, IL, IN, IQ, IR, IT, JO, JP, KR, KW, KZ, LB, LK, LU, LV, MA, MK, MM, MU, MX, MY, NE, NG, NL, NO, NP, NZ, OM, PE, PH, PK, PL, PS, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, SA, SE, SG, SI, SK, SV, SY, TH, TN, TR, TW, UA, UG, UY, UZ, VN, YE, and ZA.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- 1) Symbia E Dual Head System; Material Number: 10275879; Serial Numbers: 1001 , 1002 , 1003 , 1004 , 1005 , 1006 , 1007 , 1008 , 1009 , 1010 , 1011 , 1012 , 1013 , 1014 , 1015 , 1016 , 1017 , 1018 , 1019 , 1020 , 1021 , 1022 , 1023 , 1024 , 1025 , 1026 , 1027 , 1028 , 1029 , 1030 , 1031 , 1032 , 1033 , 1034 , 1035 , 1036 , 1037 , 1038 , 1039 , 1040 , 1041 , 1042 , 1043 , 1044 , 1045 , 1046 , 1047 , 1048 , 1049 , 1050 , 1051 , 1052 , 1053 , 1054 , 1055 , 1056 , 1057 , 1058 , 1059 , 1060 , 1061 , 1062 , 1063 , 1064 , 1065 , 1066 , 1067 , 1068 , 1069 , 1070 , 1071 , 1072 , 1073 , 1074 , 1075 , 1076 , 1077 , 1078 , 1079 , 1080 , 1081 , 1082 , 1083 , 1084 , 1085 , 1086 , 1087 , 1088 , 1089 , 1090 , 1091 , 1092 , 1093 , 1094 , 1095 , 1096 , 1097 , 1098 , 1099 , 1100 , 1101 , 1102 , 1103 , 1104 , 1105 , 1106 , 1107 , 1108 , 1109 , 1110 , 1111 , 1112 , 1113 , 1114 , 1115 , 1116 , 1117 , 1118 , 1119 , 1120 , 1121 , 1122 , 1123 , 1124 , 1125 , 1126 , 1127 , 1128 , 1129 , 1130 , 1131 , 1132 , 1133 , 1134 , 1135 , 1136 , 1137 , 1138 , 1139 , 1140 , 1141 , 1142 , 1143 , 1144 , 1145 , 1146 , 1147 , 1148 , 1149 , 1150 , 1151 , 1152 , 1153 , 1154 , 1155 , 1156 , 1157 , 1158 , 1159 , 1160 , 1161 , 1162 , 1163 , 1164 , 1165 , 1166 , 1167 , 1168 , 1169 , 1170 , 1171 , 1172 , 1173 , 1174 , 1175 , 1176 , 1177 , 1178 , 1179 , 1180 , 1181 , 1182 , 1183 , 1184 , 1185 , 1186 , 1187 , 1188 , 1189 , 1190 , 1191 , 1192 , 1193 , 1194 , 1195 , 1196 , 1197 , 1198 , 1199 , 1200 , 1201 , 1202 , 1203 , 1204 , 1205 , 1206 , 1207 , 1208 , 1209 , 1210 , 1211 , 1212 , 1213 , 1214 , 1215 , 1216 , 1217 , 1218 , 1219 , 1220 , 1221 , 1222 , 1223 , 1224 , 1225 , 1226 , 1227 , 1228 , 1229 , 1230 , 1231 , 1232 , 1233 , 1234 , 1235 , 1236 , 1237 , 1238 , 1239 , 1240 , 1241 , 1242 , 1243 , 1244 , 1245 , 1246 , 1247 , 1248 , 1249 , 1250 , 1251 , 1252 , 1253 , 1254 , 1255 , 1256 , 1257 , 1258 , 1259 , 1260 , 1261 , 1262 , 1263 , 1264 , 1265 , 1266 , 1267 , 1268 , 1269 , 1270 , 1271 , 1273 , 1274 , 1275 , 1276 , 1277 , 1278 , 1279 , 1280 , 1281 , 1282 , 1283 , 1284 , 1285 , 1286 , 1287 , 1288 , 1289 , 1290 , 1291 , 1292 , 1293 , 1294 , 1295 , 1296 , 1297 , 1298 , 1299 , 1300 , 1301 , 1302 , 1303 , 1304 , 1305 , 1306 , 1307 , 1308 , 1309 , 1310 , 1311 , 1312 , 1313 , 1314 , 1315 , 1316 , 1317 , 1318 , 1319 , 1320 , 1321 , 1322 , 1323 , 1324 , 1325 , 1326 , 1327 , 1328 , 1329 , 1330 , 1331 , 1332 , 1333 , 1334 , 1335 , 1336 , 1337 , 1338 , 1339 , 1340 , 1341 , 1342 , 1343 , 1344 , 1345 , 1346 , 1347 , 1348 , 1349 , 1350 , 1351 , 1352 , 1353 , 1354 , 1356 , 1357 , 1358 , 1359 , 1360 , 1361 , 1362 , 1363 , 1364 , 1365 , 1366 , 1367 , 1368 , 1369 , 1370 , 1371 , 1372 , 1373 , 1374 , 1375 , 1376 , 1377 , 1378 , 1379 , 1380 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 14633 , 20448 , 49161 , 204481 , 491611 , 2005003 , 700933850 , D615 ; 2) Symbia E Single Head System; Material Number: 10413009; Serial Numbers: 1001 , 1002 , 1003 , 1004 , 1005 , 1006 , 1007 , 1008 , 1009 , 1010 , 1011 , 1012 , 1013 , 1014 , 1015 , 1017 , 1018 , 1019 , 1020 , 1021 , 1022 , 1023 , 1024 , 1025 , 1026 , 1027 , 1028 , 1029 , 1030
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K072567"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KPS
- Firm FEI
- 1000514697
- Firm city
- Hoffman Estates
- Firm state
- IL
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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