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Event 73854

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 08, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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ACUSON SC2000 Ultrasound imaging system with software version VB10C and using transesophageal (TEE) transducer Z6Ms, V5Ms or V7M. Model number: 10433816.

Z-1592-2016
Recall number
Z-1592-2016
Initiated
April 08, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
87

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
While imaging with a transesophageal (TEE) transducer (Z6Ms, V5Ms, or V7M), user may lose the ability to control the color region of interest, the pulsed wave or continuous wave Doppler gate or cursor, the M-mode cursor, the 2D field of view, or the RES region of interest with the trackball.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

While imaging with a transesophageal (TEE) transducer (Z6Ms, V5Ms, or V7M), user may lose the ability to control the color region of interest, the pulsed wave or continuous wave Doppler gate or cursor, the M-mode cursor, the 2D field of view, or the RES region of interest with the trackball.

Code information

Model number 10433816; Serial numbers: 402192 400889 402498 402549 400887 402791 401002 402278 402289 402301 401182 402879 400462 400649 402206 402211 402496 402499 401631 402475 400456 402392 402828 402814 400852 401010 402509 400221 400312 402413 402568 402460 402652 402673 402664 400234 402789 401751 401040 400519 402800 400775 400671 401445 402546 402542 402771 402764 401117 401252 402454 402476 402500 402513 402511 401305 401130.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.