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Somatom Force
- Starting date:
- April 12, 2017
- Posting date:
- June 12, 2017
- Type of communication:
- Medical Device Recall
- Subcategory:
- Medical Device
- Hazard classification:
- Type III
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Medical Devices
- Audience:
- General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
- Identification number:
- RA-63564
Reason
An addendum to the instructions for use is being provided for Somatom Force Systems with software version VA50A to inform users about a potential malfunction for turbo flash scans with very short scan ranges. When selecting the turbo flash mode in combination with a spiral scan length of less than 27 mm the image reconstruction will possibly fail for this scan. As a work around the addendum suggests for the turbo flash mode to always select a spiral scan length higher than 27 mm or to switch to another mode instead.
Affected products
Somatom Force
Lot or serial number
Version du logiciel VA50A
Model or catalog number
10742326
Companies
- Manufacturer
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Siemens Healthcare GMBH
HENKESTRASSE 127
ERLANGEN
91052
GERMANY