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Medical device recalls 2013

SIEMENS brand COHERENCE RT Therapist versions RTT MR1 — Class II medical device recall Z-1039-2013

Terminated recall by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, reported 2013-04-10. Siemen's issued a Customer Information Letter under Update Instruction TH016/12S to alert all its affected cus

Recall numberZ-1039-2013
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Martinez, CA, United States
Recall initiated2013-03-05
Classified2013-04-01
Reported by FDA2013-04-10
Terminated2014-08-28
Quantity621 units
Reason classessoftware
Model numbers8139839

Product

SIEMENS brand COHERENCE RT Therapist versions RTT MR1.5, RTT 2.1/2.1A and RTT 2.2/ 2.2B; Software release for COHERENCE Therapist 2.3 for Primus and Oncor Linear Accelerators; Model: COHERENCE TH 2.0, Part No. 8139839, Current R630; Product Usage: The intended use of the SIEMENS branded ONCOR and PRIMUS family of linear accelerator systems is to deliver X-ray photon and electron radiation for the therapeutic treatment of cancer.

Reason for recall

Siemen's issued a Customer Information Letter under Update Instruction TH016/12S to alert all its affected customers of the software issues. The software release is a result of the final system testing addressing multiple performance defects and several safety issues that were not considered critical (for immediate correction) for the safe use of the device.

Machine access

This record, with every extracted code, the verbatim FDA record and provenance, is available from the recall API: GET https://api.data.aroqon.com/v1/recalls/Z-1039-2013. Look up any UPC, UDI, NDC or lot with /v1/recalls/lookup?code=…. API docs · free and paid keys.

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