FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: MEVATRON KD-2, accelerator, Linear, Medical The intended use of the SIEMENS branded PRIMUS family of linear accelerator systems is to deliver x-ray radiation for therapeutic treatment of cancer
- Recall number
- Z-1437-2017
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Product
- MEVATRON KD-2, accelerator, Linear, Medical The intended use of the SIEMENS branded PRIMUS family of linear accelerator systems is to deliver x-ray radiation for therapeutic treatment of cancer
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-01-25
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2017-10-06
- Reason
- Siemens became aware of a defective weld seam at overhead suspensions. Due to this defect it is possible for the weld seam to break and to cause the overhead suspension to fall down. This can lead to a severe injury to a patient or any other person.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Siemens sent a Customer Safety Advisory Notice (CSAN) dated February 7, 2017, to affected customers to inform them of a planned hardware update regarding the mechanics of the overhead suspension of their Digital Linear Accelerator. The notice also explained the actions Siemens is taking to perform the necessary fix at the affected sites. Customers were advised to notify anyone at their organization that should be aware of this information. Also, the safety notice should be forwarded to the new owner and Siemens also requested they be informed of the identity of the device's new owner where possible. Customers with questions were instructed to call 1-800-888-7436. For questions regarding this recall call 610-448-6478.
- Quantity
- 35 systems
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Device Model Number 8515520 Serial numbers: 3009 2958 2863 2972 2646 3079 2516 2962 3055 1452 2702 2125 3066 2689 2228 2564 2507 1904 3075 2375 3013 3068 2596 3025 3049 2965 2045 3084 2855 2906 2292 2384 2067 2818 3089
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K862339"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- IYE
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- 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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