Class 2 Device Recall Siemens brand ACUSON S2000 Ultrasound Systemsand the Advanced SieClearTM spatial,

• Date Initiated by Firm: April 23, 2012
• Date Posted: May 30, 2012
• Recall Status: Terminated on July 16, 2013
• Recall Number: Z-1684-2012
• Recall Event ID: 61808
• 510(K)Number: K111674
• Product Classification: System, imaging, pulsed echo, ultrasonic - Product Code IYO
• Product: Siemens brand ACUSON S2000 Ultrasound Systems, and the Advanced SieClearTM spatial; compounding feature Software Versions 3.0, 3.0A and 3.1. (VB20, VB20A, and VB21A); Model #: 10041461 - ACUSON S2000 Mainframe; Product is manufactured and distributed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Mountain View, CA; ; The ACUSON S2000 Ultrasound System is a multi-purpose mobile, software controlled diagnostic ultrasound system with and on-screen display for thermal and mechanical indices related to potential bio-effect mechanisms. Its function is to acquire primary or secondary harmonic ultrasound echo data and display it in B-Mode, M-Mode, Pulsed (PW) Doppler Mode, Continuous (CW) Doppler Mode, Color Doppler Mode, Amplitude Doppler Mode, a combination of modes, or Harmonic Imaging and 3D/4D Imaging on a Flat Panel Display. The ACUSON S2000 ultrasound imaging systems are intended for the following applications: Fetal, Abdominal, Intraoperative, Pediatric, Small Parts, Transcranial, OB/GYN, Cardiac, Pelvic, Neonatal/Adult Cephalic, Vascular, Musculoskeletal, Superficial Musculoskeletal, and Peripheral Vascular applications. The system also provides the ability to measure anatomical structures {fetal, abdominal, intraoperative, intraoperative neurological, pediatric, small organ, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, cardiac, trans-esophageal, transrectal, transvaginal, peripheral vessel, musculoskeletal (conventional), musculo-skeletal (superficial) and neonatal cardiac} and calculation packages that provide information that provide information to the clinician that may be used adjunctively with other medical data obtained by a physician for clinical diagnosis purposes.
• Code Information: All units of these models, including: 200109, 200113, 200162, 200164, 200146, 200175, 200177, 210001, 200145, 200198, 200214, 200219, 200225, 200284, 200315, 200354, 200404, 200407, 200435, 200467, 200364, 200539, 200373, 200574, 200719, 200853, 200858, 200875, 200909, 201006, 201040, 201043, 201113, 201096, 201070, 201071, 201112, 201121, 201168, 201212, 201215, 201298, 201226, 201397, 201306, 201452, 201442, 201510, 201527, 201631, 201678, 201673, 201674, 201675, 201699, 201731, 201727, 201728, 201755, 201816, 201821, 201891, 201928, 201943, 202019, 202030, 202102, 202098, 202111, 202137, 202119, 202131, 202139, 202148, 202167, 202158, 202240, 202267, 202250, 202266, 202312, 202314, 202401, 202412, 202500, 202364, 202420, 202385, 202383, 202374, 202391, 202465, 202384, 202445, 202514, 202448, 202523, 202524, 202460, 202456, 202534, 202379, 202566, 202554, 202570, 202574, 202608, 202610, 202581, 202731, 202744, 202649, 202787, 202679, 202797, 202799, 202803, 202806, 202812, 202834, 202841, 202844, 202857, 202869, 202888, 202902, 202929, 202963, 202583, 202976, 202986, 203012, 203017, 203037, 202955, 202935, 203069, 203086, 203092, 203095, 203113, 203143, 203150, 203199, 203211, 203222, 203224, 203245, 203248, 203249, 203259, 203275, 203289, 203329, 203330, 203351, 203355, 203380, 203381, 203391, 203396, 203401, 203403, 203422, 203424, 203426, 203430, 203437, 203446, 203458, 203462, 203474, 205007, 205015, 205020, 203527, 203539, 203593, 203595, 203582, 203605, 203608, 203626, 203623, 203625, 205034, 205031, 205027, 201013, 205032, 202100, 205126, 203643, 205049, 205039, 205172, 205082, 205083, 205142, 205067, 205043, 205072, 205200, 205075, 205134, 205085, 205106, 205133, 205057, 205102, 205078, 205056, 205147, 205110, 205283, 205279, 205137, 205112, 205270, 205281, 205269, 205100, 205178, 203632, 205104, 205152, 205153, 205293, 205294, 205296, 205164, 205084, 205161, 205300, 205166, 205046, 205155, 205165, 205188, 205222, 205223, 205113, 205169, 205170, 205229, 205402, 205316, 205237, 205232, 205256, 205258, 205291, 205347, 205295, 205179, 205249, 205305, 205326, 205303, 205245, 205250, 205337, 205343, 205180, 205204, 205181, 205255, 205192, 205208, 205261, 205148, 205058, 205132, 205215, 205328, 205265, 205335, 205139, 205230, 205271, 205186, 205240, 205187, 205189, 205263, 205238, 205210, 205216, 205217, 205234, 201677, 205266, 205393, 205177, 205251, 205322, 205330, 205174, 205312, 205429, 205182, 205205, 205206, 205213, 205371, 205430, 201170, 205292, 205306, 205317, 205362, 205396, 205241, 205309, 205356, 205390, 205236, 205235, 205389, 205353, 205298, 205397, 205308, 205324, 205359, 205310, 205253, 205191, 205360, 205368, 205198, 205214, 205321, 205323, 205345, 201233, 202370, 200432, 205370, 205351, 202776, 205302, 205364, 205354, 205338, 205329, 205372, 205355, 205401, 205443, 205352, 205332, 205442, 205375, 201363, 205331, 205434, 202458, 202489, 205394, 205315, 205311, 205340, 205218, 205319, 205307, 205334, 205325, 205185, 202072, 205348, 205383, 205399, 205380, 202450, 201773, 205482, 205350, 205475, 205484, 205486, 205485, 205508, 205488, 205131, 205365, 205385, 205384, 205367, 205379, 205400, 205398, 205373, 205366, 205357, 205286, 205378, 201540, 205436, 205435, 205427, 205423, 205422, 205420, 205418, 205403, 205327, 205369, 205457, 205454, 205503, 205382, 205341, 205510, 205444, 205438, 205437, 205455, 205424, 205496, 205358, 205493, 205392, 202490, 200319, 205417, 205377, 205349, 205492, 205419, 200669, 205473, 205491, 205411, 205453, 202954, 202382, 202738, 205495, 205490, 205504, 201364, 205044, 205481, 205458, 205465, 205415, 205487, 205426, 205439, 205474, 205440, 205408, 205471, 205498, 205446, 205467, 205499, 205460, 202277, 201191, 205410, 205428, 205409, 205404, 205407, 205413, 205500, 205483, 205466, 205469, 205470, 205472, 205478, 205480, 202142, 205520, 205524, 205527, 205431, 205529, 202629, 202953, 205462, 205406, 205412, 205414, 205421, 205468, 205511, 205433, 205432, 205512, 205513, 205516, 205448, 201225, 200252, 205452, 205532, 205526, 205459, 205533, 205531, 202010, 200183, 205464, 205416, 205447, 205534, 202754, 205450, 205314, 205502, 205515, 205517, 205518, 205528, 205519, 205522, 205525, 205463, 205538, 202546, 205543, 205547, 205544, 205548, 205553, 205559, 205562, 205566, 205567, 205497, 205536, 205539, 205541, 205549, 205550, 205554, 205425, 202943, 205445, 205545, 205667, 205676, 200979, 201086, 203238, 201159, 205476, 202940, 205514, 205561, 205617, 205620, 205660, 201230, 202360, 205555, 205697, 205663, 205542, 205693, 205695, 205670, 205672, 205683, 205684, 205692, 205573, 205574, 205576, 205664, 205584, 205665, 205668, 205590, 205587, 205591, 201293, 205608, 205592, 205609, 205611, 205615, 205621, 205622, 205618, 205619, 205589, 205626, 205627, 205629, 205632, 205633, 205711, 205714, 205718, 205593, 205585, 205610, 205586, 202757, 205723, 205655, 205579, 205606, 205623, 205624, 205653, 202832, 205595, 205599, 205658, 203193, 201294, 201427, 205582, 202427, 205696, 205564, 205575, 205578, 200227, 205647, 205570, 205594, 205588, 205565, 205648, 205613, 205640, 205642, 205643, 205634, 205635, 205639, 205644, 205654, 205645, 205749, 200725, 205646, 205659, 205577, 202299, 205656, 205571, 205706, 205748, 205731, 205702, 205728, 205602, 205607, 205612, 205637, 205744, 205638, 203084, 205712, 205600, 205736, 205735, 202308, 205160, 205203, 205207, 205219, 200468, 205267, 202756, 205246, 203267, 200286, 205339, 205733, 205603, 205739, 202918, 205740, 205745, 205719, 205690, 205757, 205681, 205752, 205729, 205703, 205738, 205671, 205687, 205688, 205734, 205669, 205710, 205725, 205767, 205769, 205699, 205768, 205727, 205686, 205746, 205754, 205765, 205641, 205713, 205724, 205743, 205760, 205772, 205774, 205762, 205764, 205705, 205202, 205755, 205780, 205781, 205784, 205792, 205787, 205833, 205798, 205822, 205823, 205825, 205827, 205830, 202625, 205838, 205842, 205813, 205846, 205850, 205790, 205852, 205853, 205857, 202965, 205860, 205680, 205770, 205144, 205777, 203229, 205815, 205753, 205794, 205766, 205763, 205716, 205596, 205799, 205802, 205834, 205809, 205837, 205872, 205847, 205839, 205806, 205868, 205776, 205076, 205817, 205832, 205836, 205855, 205694, 205810, 205874, 205717, 205720, 205816, 205854, 205831, 205829, 205844, 205922, 205906, 205904, 205895, 205883, 206009, 205913, 205917, 206017, 205845, 205879, 205819, 205912, 206005, 205867, 205835, 205849, 205841, 205863, 205843, 205824, 205891, 205878, 205915, 205882, 201330, 205888, 205862, 205884, 205861, 205869, 206018, 205818, 205925, 206008, 206000, 205924, 205870, 205865, 205803, 205661, 205919, 205900, 206027, 206003, 206023, 206016, 205892, 205875, 206036, 206034, 206026, 205698, 206035, 206010, 206045, 205957, 206042, 205907, 205885, 206052, 205905, 205911, 205947, 206074, 205928, 206069, 206059, 205800, 206043, 205826, 205805, 205828, 206014, 205877, 205318, 205903, 205916, 205936, 205859, 205989, 205986, 206071, 206102, 205650, 205996, 205930, 205995, 206011, 206076, 205894, 202138, 206110, 206093, 203214, 200128, 201211, 202928
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.; 685 E Middlefield Rd; Mountain View CA 94043-4045
• For Additional Information Contact: Sheila Pickering ; 650-969-9112
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: When using the Advanced SieClear spatial compounding feature a synchronization error may occur which can cause a mismatch between the image and the depth scale.
• FDA Determined Cause: Software change control
• Action: Siemens initiated a Customer Safety Advisory Notification letter Field correction on April 23, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers' local Customer Service Engineer will install an update to their system as soon as it becomes available. For questions customers were instructed to contact their local service support person. Customers were also asked to pass the notification leter to all those within their organization who need to be aware of the issue until the corrective action is completed. For questions regarding this recall call 650-694-5747.
• Distribution: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Germany, Denmark, Ecuador, Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Slovenia, El Salvador, and Thailand.
• 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 = IYO and Original Applicant = SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.