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Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.: ACUSON Antares 5.0 Base System, model number 10042832. Distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Business Unit Ultrasound, Mountain View, CA. The ACUSON Antares is a general purpose Diagnostic Ultrasound system. Its function is to acquire primary or secondary harmonic ultrasound 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/4D imaging on a FPD display. The Antares ultrasound imaging system is intended for the following applications: Abdominal, Intraoperative, Small Parts, Transcranial, OB/GYN, Cardiac, Transesophageal, Pelvic, Neonatal/Adult Cephalic, Vascular, Intravascular, Musculoskeletal, Superficial Musculoskeletal, Great Vessel, and Peripheral Vascular applications. The system also provides for the measurement of anatomical structures that provide information that is used for clinical diagnosis purposes.
- Recall number
- Z-2118-2011
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Product
- ACUSON Antares 5.0 Base System, model number 10042832. Distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Business Unit Ultrasound, Mountain View, CA. The ACUSON Antares is a general purpose Diagnostic Ultrasound system. Its function is to acquire primary or secondary harmonic ultrasound 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/4D imaging on a FPD display. The Antares ultrasound imaging system is intended for the following applications: Abdominal, Intraoperative, Small Parts, Transcranial, OB/GYN, Cardiac, Transesophageal, Pelvic, Neonatal/Adult Cephalic, Vascular, Intravascular, Musculoskeletal, Superficial Musculoskeletal, Great Vessel, and Peripheral Vascular 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
- 1 unit
- 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 number 116283.
- 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
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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