Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: LANTIS oncology Information System, an accessory to the Linear Accelerator, as part of the COHERENCE RT Therapist, but also cleared under the ONCOR Avante-Garde and Expression, as well as the syngo RT Therapist system, as part of the ARTISTE And PRIMUS system. Manufactured by IMPAC Medical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, device distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions Oncology Care System, Concord, CA Electronic record management system as part of a linear accelerator system used to keep track of notes and database for oncology electronic medical records.

Recall number

Z-1970-2011

Recalling firm

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Product

LANTIS oncology Information System, an accessory to the Linear Accelerator, as part of the COHERENCE RT Therapist, but also cleared under the ONCOR Avante-Garde and Expression, as well as the syngo RT Therapist system, as part of the ARTISTE And PRIMUS system. Manufactured by IMPAC Medical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, device distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions Oncology Care System, Concord, CA Electronic record management system as part of a linear accelerator system used to keep track of notes and database for oncology electronic medical records.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2009-08-21

Posted

2011-04-13

Terminated

2011-04-13

Reason

When editing the note type of a previously entered note, then reverting to the original type, data may be lost.

Root cause

Software design

Action

Siemens sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to configure their system to lock all new notes automatically. To automatically lock new notes, open eChart Navigator, right mouse click in the notes section, select "configuration" and select "Automatically Lock New Notes." If the customer chooses not to configure their system to automatically lock new notes, follow at least one of the suggestions listed below: If the customer must edit a note type, use the append feature and document that they are making an edit to the note. Lock all new notes that are entered via eChart Notes. To lock a note manually, after creating the note, right mouse click and select "Lock," Access and enter patient notes via eChart Notes until a LANTIS upgrade has been performed at your site. When entering patient notes via eChart Navigator, make sure that you are entering the notes in the correct section.\ When entering patient notes via eChart Notes, make sure that the correct note type has been selected. Customers are to keep the Customer Safety Advisory Notice together with their LANTIS 8.30 User Manual where it should remain until the measures defined above are performed. For questions call 1-888-826-9702.

Quantity

30 affected units

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA including DE, WI, TX, TN, NJ, PA, NE, MA, and AL and the countries of South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Brazil, South Korea, India, and Japan.

Lot, serial or model codes

versions 8.3, CD# 9, 10 and 11, part numbers 8149259, 8164787, 8166527

510(k) numbers

["K031764","K060226","K072485","K993425"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

IYE

Firm FEI

2937457

Firm city

Concord

Firm state

CA

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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