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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.: BIOGRAPH 40-3R to 64-3R Upgrade, Material Number 10246390 The Siemens Biograph TruePoint systems are combined X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners that provide registration and fusion of high resolution physiologic and anatomic information.
- Recall number
- Z-2010-2016
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.
- Product
- BIOGRAPH 40-3R to 64-3R Upgrade, Material Number 10246390 The Siemens Biograph TruePoint systems are combined X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners that provide registration and fusion of high resolution physiologic and anatomic information.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-04-22
- Posted
- 2016-06-21
- Terminated
- 2017-05-08
- Reason
- Siemens Medical Solutions, Molecular Imaging has become aware of a potential for unexpected SUV values if a non-Siemens phantom is used for calibration.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Siemens sent a Customer Safety Advisory Letter on April 22, 2016 to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. For questions contact your local Siemens representative at the contact numbers provided in the letter.
- Quantity
- 1 unit
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial Number 1001
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K141971"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KPS
- Firm FEI
- 1034973
- Firm city
- Knoxville
- Firm state
- TN
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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