Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.: ACUSON Sequoia 12.X GI Base System, model number 10042701. Distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Business Unit Ultrasound, Mountain View, CA. The ACUSON Sequoia is a general purpose Diagnostic Ultrasound system. Its function is to acquire primary or secondary harmonic ultrasound echo data and display it in: B-Mode, M-Mode, Pulsed (PW) Doppler Mode, Continuous (CW) Doppler Mode, Color Doppler Mode, Amplitude Doppler Mode, a combination of modes, Harmonic Imaging or 3D imaging on a FPD Display. The ACUSON Sequoia is intended for the following applications: Abdominal, General Imaging and Cardiolgoy for Fetal, Abdominal, Intraoperative (abdominal and neurological), Pediatrics, Small Organs (breat, testes, thyroid and penis), Neonatal/Adult Cephalic, Cardiac (adult, pediatric and neonatal), Transesophageal, Transrectal, Transvaginal, Peripheral Vessels and Musculo-sceletal (superficial and conventional) applications. The system also provides for the measurement of anatomical structures that provide information that is used for clinical diagnosis purposes.

Recall number

Z-2117-2011

Recalling firm

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Product

ACUSON Sequoia 12.X GI Base System, model number 10042701. Distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Business Unit Ultrasound, Mountain View, CA. The ACUSON Sequoia is a general purpose Diagnostic Ultrasound system. Its function is to acquire primary or secondary harmonic ultrasound echo data and display it in: B-Mode, M-Mode, Pulsed (PW) Doppler Mode, Continuous (CW) Doppler Mode, Color Doppler Mode, Amplitude Doppler Mode, a combination of modes, Harmonic Imaging or 3D imaging on a FPD Display. The ACUSON Sequoia is intended for the following applications: Abdominal, General Imaging and Cardiolgoy for Fetal, Abdominal, Intraoperative (abdominal and neurological), Pediatrics, Small Organs (breat, testes, thyroid and penis), Neonatal/Adult Cephalic, Cardiac (adult, pediatric and neonatal), Transesophageal, Transrectal, Transvaginal, Peripheral Vessels and Musculo-sceletal (superficial and conventional) applications. The system also provides for the measurement of anatomical structures that provide information that is used for clinical diagnosis purposes.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2009-05-15

Posted

2011-04-29

Terminated

2011-04-29

Reason

Shock Hazard. The manufacturer failed to set the system power switch to "ON" during the line level leakage and high pot current draw testing.

Root cause

Release of Material/Component prior to receiving test results

Action

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. sent a Customer Safety Advisory Notification letter out on May 15, 2009. Service engineers were to visit each customer to conduct necessary testing. For questions regarding this recall call 650-694-5993.

Quantity

15 units

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA including CA, IL, MD, NC, OH, and UT and the countries of Australia, China, Denmark, Spain, South Korea, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.

Lot, serial or model codes

Serial numbers: 69243, 69250, 69299, 69310, 69315, 69318, 69320, 69331, 69339, 69342, 69345, 69352, 69358, 69360, and  69406.

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

IYN

Firm FEI

2936884

Firm city

Mountain View

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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