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Event 79178

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 31, 2017
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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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Syngo.via systems with SW VB20A

Z-0808-2018
Recall number
Z-0808-2018
Initiated
August 31, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
30

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
software installation and upgrading syngo.via system to the software version VB20A_HF02 will

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Software Design Change

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Reason for recall

A software update was released on August 22, 2017. Performing this software installation and upgrading syngo.via system to the software version VB20A_HF02 will resolve various bugs and inconsistent diagnosis with the old system.

Code information

10496180

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.