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Event 67967

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 21, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Siemens SOMATOM Emotion 16, Emotion 6, and SOMATOM Spirit Computed Tomography Systems Product Usage: To produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the same axial plane taken at different angles or spiral planes taken at different angles.

Z-1721-2014
Recall number
Z-1721-2014
Initiated
March 21, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
345

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The rubber damper may degrade and break, causing loosening of the motor mounting plates, which could lead to a series of events that could place the operator and patient at risk of injury.

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Reason for recall

The rubber damper may degrade and break, causing loosening of the motor mounting plates, which could lead to a series of events that could place the operator and patient at risk of injury.

Code information

Material numbers: 10165977, 10045692 , and 10165888 with serial numbers: 32187 31158 31215 31222 31313 31354 32118 32120 32123 32125 32126 32127 32129 32139 29161 27229 29185 27415 27212 29364 29186 29165 29233 29182 27235 29338 29176 29376 27232 29181 27369 29295 27230 29198 27244 29286 29126 27338 29302 27231 27334 29394 29264 32141 32156 32159

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of IA, TX, FL, NE, NY, OH, NC, KS, IL, CA, OK including PR.