Class 2 Device Recall Ziehm Imaging GmbH

• Date Initiated by Firm: November 21, 2013
• Date Posted: December 24, 2013
• Recall Status: Terminated on June 23, 2014
• Recall Number: Z-0568-2014
• Recall Event ID: 66976
• 510(K)Number: K083545
• Product Classification: Interventional fluoroscopic x-ray system - Product Code OWB
• Product: Ziehm Vision RFD C-Arm Interventional Fluoroscopic X-Ray System.; ; Mobile Fluoroscopic Imaging
• Code Information: 20006 20025 20142 20185 20216 20231 20015 20026 20151 20186 20217 20236 20016 20027 20153 20189 20225 20018 20031 20166 20198 20227 20019 20139 20184 20199 20228
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Ziehm Imaging Inc; 6280 Hazeltine National Dr; Suite 100; Orlando FL 32822-5114
• For Additional Information Contact: 47-615-8560 Ext. 140
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Engineering change in 2006 resulted in a minor non-conformity of their devices. Specifically the emergency switch was changed from a standard component to just an option on the devices.
• FDA Determined Cause: Device Design
• Action: Ziehm Imaging sent an "URGENT RECALL NOTICE" letter dated November 22, 2013, to all affected customers. The letter identified the products the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customers. Customers were advised and instructed to: Your Model and Serial number can be found on the product label attached to the side of the mobile C-arm Stand. Our records indicate that your facility has one or more of the products listed above that are being used in your facility. Recall of the product was initiated because according to our manufacturing documentation, the referenced device installed at your facility was not equipped with an emergency stopping device for vertical travel of the c-arm imaging assembly. To fully comply with applicable standards the referenced device must be retrofitted with an emergency stopping device identification and label. The issue: According to our manufacturing documentation, the referenced device installed at your facility was not equipped with an emergency stopping device. To fully comply with applicable standards the referenced device must be retrofitted with an emergency stopping device. The manufacturer Ziehm Imaging GmbH advised customers they may continue to operate the affected device with caution until the correction has been carried out on-site. During this time Ziehm Imaging GmbH advises the operator to be aware of the following safety measures which may resolve the possibility of potentially hazardous situations by: " Operating the power-off switch located either on the C-arm Stand top panel or on the monitor cart " Removing the power cable from the wall outlet or, " Activate the push-buttons for reverse vertical movement and keeping the pushbutton pressed until patient /operator is no longer in the risk zone or the device stops Please alert all staff members working with the device to these potential hazardous situations, and familiarize them with all possibilities to resolve the hazardous situation
• Quantity in Commerce: 27 devices
• Distribution: USA (Nationwide) Distribution including the states of AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MT, MA, MD, MI, MN, MN, MO,MS, NC ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY and Hawaii.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

¹ A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
² Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
³ For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.

• 510(K) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = OWB and Original Applicant = ZIEHM IMAGING, INC.