Z-0092-2009
PRIMEVIEW 3i System equipped with a Coherence Therapist R2.0 or R2.1, and PRIMEVIEW 3iR2.0 or R2.1, part...
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. / initiated 2007-11-06 / Terminated / root cause: software
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc began a recall of PRIMEVIEW 3i System equipped with a Coherence Therapist R2.0 or R2.1, and PRIMEVIEW 3iR2.0 or R2.1, part number 7341428 Medical charged-particle radiation... on . The reason FDA records is "Flat panel positioning calibration could be off by as much as 4 mm without the machine discovering detail". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as software.
Recall record
- Recall number
- Z-0092-2009
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Posted
- Terminated
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Product
- PRIMEVIEW 3i System equipped with a Coherence Therapist R2.0 or R2.1, and PRIMEVIEW 3iR2.0 or R2.1, part number 7341428 Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system.
- Product code
- IYE Accelerator, Linear, Medical
- Reason for recall
- Flat panel positioning calibration could be off by as much as 4 mm without the machine discovering detail.
- Root cause tag
- software
- FDA root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Service calibration inspection/correction Update instructions TH038/07/S was issued on 11/06/2007 to all customers. The instructions identified the affected products, stated the reason for the update, and listed the steps to update the software. Customer notification was also issued. Software patch planned for release in June 2008.
- Quantity in commerce
- 13 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution
- Product codes and lots
- Serial numbers associated with RTT2.0 and RTT2.1
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