FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: Siemens MAGNETOM Essenza, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging System Product Usage: Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
- Recall number
- Z-1675-2012
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Product
- Siemens MAGNETOM Essenza, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging System Product Usage: Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-03-30
- Posted
- 2012-05-25
- Terminated
- 2014-04-03
- Reason
- There is an error in the compatibility data sheet which is part of the System Owner Manual
- Root cause
- Error in labeling
- Action
- Siemens issued a Customer Safety Advisory Notice letter to affected customers on March 30, 2012. The letter identified the affected product, problem, potential risk and what steps can the user take to avoid the potntial risk of this issue. Siemens is releasing corrected pages of the Operator Manual in order to deliver clear guidance and recommendation for the users. Customers are instructed to ensure that the safety advisory and updated pages are replaced in the System Owner Manual.
- Quantity
- 97
- Distribution
- US Nationwide Distribution - including the states of AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, WA, WI, WY and Puerto Rico.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial numbers 38293, 38036, 38044, 38096, 38108, 38144, 49011, 38054, 38045, 38184, 38003, 38416, 38334, 38206, 38048, 38183, 38109, 38010, 38301, 38090, 38242, 38014, 38049, 38067, 38105, 38254, 38035, 38375, 38182, 38554, 38075, 38171, 38046, 38340, 38428, 38240, 38130, 38148, 38621, 38247, 38058, 38189, 38201, 38204, 38311, 38106, 49213, 38315, 38299, 49169, 38470, 38256, 38117, 38043, 38059, 38276, 49248, 38295, 38381, 38052, 38478, 38191, 38091, 38362, 38047, 38322, 38368, 38145, 38393, 38455, 38372, 38033, 38209, 38417, 38164, 38015, 38042, 49167, 38538, 38125, 38447, 38155, 38071, 38482, 38020, 38057, 38092, 38312, 38253, 38196, 38346, 38027, 28066, 38325, 38365, 38074, and 38429.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K071925"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LNH
- 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
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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