FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc: ARTIS icono biplane -Angiography systems developed for single and biplane diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures. Material Number: 11327600
- Recall number
- Z-2359-2023
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Product
- ARTIS icono biplane -Angiography systems developed for single and biplane diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures. Material Number: 11327600
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2023-06-19
- Posted
- 2023-08-08
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Due to a hardware issue in the cable connectors of the system generator, a thermal overload in the cable connections may occur when performing excessive fluoroscopy/acquisitions, a burning smell may be detectable coming from the generator cabinet and the system may lose the imaging functionality of the corresponding plane and result in a situation where it is necessary to cancel clinical treatment or to continue treatment on an alternative system
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Siemens issued Urgent: Medical Device Correction to all users of ARTIS icono/ ARTIS pheno systems with a specific Polydoros ACX power generator on 6/19/23. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: It is strongly recommended to establish appropriate emergency procedures until the corrective action has been performed. Please ensure that patient treatment can be continued in other ways if there is any possible danger for the safety of the patient. Siemens will correct the hardware error via Update Instruction AX008/23/S. This measure will correct the Polydoros ACX reactor coil of all affected systems. Our service organization will contact you shortly to arrange a date to perform this corrective action. Please feel free to contact our service organization for an earlier appointment at 1-800-888-7436. Please review, understand, and confirm acknowledgement of the information and instructions outlined in this Urgent Safety Advisory Notice. By signing this document, you are acknowledging that you have read and understand the content therein
- Quantity
- 14 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- UDI-DI: 4056869063317 Serial Numbers: 180550 180517 180518 180546 180547 180560 180534 180556 180537 180545 180533 180566 180536 180563
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K220432"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OWB
- Firm FEI
- 2240869
- Firm city
- Malvern
- Firm state
- PA
- 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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