Siemens SOMATOM Scope Power CT Scanner Recall for Incorrect Dose Calculations
Siemens Medical Solutions is recalling SOMATOM Scope Power CT scanners due to potential incorrect radiation dose calculations for head scans.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Devices): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (unnecessary radiation exposure) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the 'High' severity criteria.
Plain-English summary
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. is recalling 1,301 units of the SOMATOM Scope Power CT scanner. The device is intended to produce cross-sections images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data.
The recall is issued to inform customers of possible incorrect tube current calculations by the CARE Dose4D algorithm for head scans based on p.a. (posterior-anterior) or a.p. (anterior-posterior) topograms. Depending on the geometrical shape of the skull bone, it may happen in rare cases that the calculated dose distribution is not appropriate and could lead to unnecessary radiation exposure.
The affected units were distributed nationally in the USA. The source text does not specify specific actions for consumers or patients, but the recall is intended to inform customers of the potential issue.
The recalled product
- Product
- SOMATOM Scope Power Intended to produce cross-sections images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data.
- Manufacturer
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Category
- Medical Device — CT Scanner
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1,301
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- (Not Supplied)
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 15 recalled by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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