FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.: Acuson Antares Ultrasound Imaging System with software versions 4.0 and 5.0.
- Recall number
- Z-1853-2011
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Product
- Acuson Antares Ultrasound Imaging System with software versions 4.0 and 5.0.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-03-01
- Posted
- 2011-03-30
- Terminated
- 2012-06-18
- Reason
- Image captured from the device may be erroneous.
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Acuson Customer Safety Advisory notification letters were sent March 1, 2010 by certified mail.
- Quantity
- 3539
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution to USA, Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands Antilles, Angola, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, Finland, Faroe Islands, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Suriname, Thailand, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Ukraine, UA, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, and South Africa.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- ACUSON Antares: Model numbers: 10032747, 10037592, 10040728; SONOLINE Antares: Model numbers: 5936518, 08653771, 10037593; ACUSON Antares PE: Model Numbers: 10032746, 10037591, 10038202, 10040729. Serial Nos. beginning with 10 or 11 with software versions 4.0 and 5.0.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K023720","K033196","K050034","K063803"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- IYN
- Firm FEI
- 2936884
- Firm city
- Mountain View
- Firm state
- CA
- 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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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