It was reported to siemens that a malfunction occurred while operating the artis one system.During a cardiology procedure, the user reported that the monitor display in the exam room started to blink (image appearing and disappearing).The user restarted the system ,but couldn't fix the problem.The patient was transferred to another system in the same hospital, and finished the procedure successfully.Siemens has requested additional information in order to conduct an investigation of the reported event.
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Siemens has completed an investigation of the reported event.The root cause was determined to be a hardware error.The investigation was performed considering complaint description, cs reports, system history and system log files.The investigation showed that the cause of the error was due to a graphic card defect.According to information from field, during s cardiology procedure the monitor display in the exam room started to blink (image appearing and disappearing).The customer attempted to restart the system but couldn't fix the problem.The customer service engineer (cse) on site checked and replaced the graphic card of the smart pc.After the hardware exchange, the system recovered and works as specified.After detailed investigation, the incident is not classified as a reportable event as neither serious injury, death nor an unexpected prolonged hospitalization of the patient or any other person occurred or could be expected.
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