The Recall Desk

FDA (Devices) recall action 66544

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. recalled 2 products on 2016-10-19

The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 2 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 2 pages.

Products
2
Announced
2016-10-19
Critical
0
Units
1,841

Why these products were recalled

The detectors on the Symbia S and Symbia T camera systems are supported and moved horizontally and vertically by four linear bearing cars. There is a potential for the linear bearing car to fail allowing the ball bearings to fall out.

The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.

The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.

States named across these recalls

1–2 of 2

  • HighFDA (Devices)··2016-10-19

    Siemens Symbia S Camera Systems Recalled for Bearing Failure Risk

    Siemens Medical Solutions is recalling Symbia S camera systems because linear bearing cars may fail, allowing ball bearings to fall out.

    Product
    Symbia S, Product Usage 1) SPECT: To Detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ, using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV. 2) CT: The CT component is intended to
    Category
    Distribution
    2 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2016-10-19

    Siemens Symbia T Series SPECT + CT Recall for Bearing Failure Risk

    Siemens Medical Solutions is recalling 1,109 Symbia T Series SPECT + CT systems because linear bearing cars may fail, allowing ball bearings to fall out.

    Product
    Symbia T Series SPECT + CT Product Usage 1) SPECT: To Detect or image the distribution of radionuclides in the body or organ, using the following techniques: planar imaging, whole body imaging, tomographic imaging for isotopes with energies up to 588 keV. 2) CT: The CT compon
    Category
    Distribution
    2 states