Class 2 Device Recall SONOLINE Antares

• Date Initiated by Firm: July 10, 2007
• Date Posted: January 09, 2008
• Recall Status: Terminated on December 20, 2010
• Recall Number: Z-0298-2008
• Recall Event ID: 45511
• 510(K)Number: K063803
• Product Classification: Ultrasound system - Product Code IYN
• Product: Siemens, SONOLINE Antares Ultrasound System, 5.0 Systems with software version 200.0.054, P/N 05936518 and 10037593 , Siemens, Ultrasound Division, Mountain View, CA 94039
• Code Information: Serial Numbers: 111259, 111264, 111287, 111514, 112013, 112207, 111459, 112730, 113048, 113052, 113053, 113058, 113068, 113075, 113105, 113257, 113259, 113462, 113682, 113759, 113831, 113832, 113841, 113846, 113849, 113850, 113851, 113852, 113854, 113856, 113863, 113945, 113957, 114271, 114274, 114474, 114482, 114583, 114590, 114597, 114644, 114655, 114661, 114687, 114690, 114699, 114703, 114706, 114716, 114749, 114753, 114754, 114760, 114768, 114770, 114771, 114773, 114777, 114782, 114787, 114790, 111259, 111264, 111287, 111514, 111786, 112013, 112207, 111459, 112730, 111552001, 112697001, 10188001, 10566001, 10604001, 111249001, 111552001, 111901001, 111901002, 111994001, 112029001, 112083001, 112178001, 112182001, 112256001, 112306001, 112384001, 112407001, 112697001, 112713001, 112776001, and 113159001.
• FEI Number: 2936884
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.; 1230 Shorebire Way; P.O. Box 7393; Mountain View CA 94043
• For Additional Information Contact: 650-694-5993
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Image error: A software problem results in on-screen indications (graphics) that lead the user to believe that the patient's right and left and the transducer orientation are oriented the same. This is not the case and the actual patient's right and left are reversed from the on-screen indicators.
• FDA Determined Cause: Software design
• Action: The firm sent a recall letter, Urgent Medical Device Notification, to consignees on 07/10/2007, to be followed by a service visit by Siemens personnel for a mandatory software update to be installed. Short term the users were instructed to avoid increasing the SieClear compounding levels to an Advanced SieClear compounding setting after an L/R invert action with Biopsy guidelines on-screen.
• Quantity in Commerce: 418 units (Z-0297-0298-2008)
• Distribution: Worldwide: Product was distributed to medical facilities Nationwide including the states of OH, FL, IL, NY, CA, NH, TX, NJ, PA, MD, MO, GA, WA, WI, NE, WV, HI, MA, SC, MI, VA, AZ, UT, NH, RI, KY, SD, and IN, and internationally to Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Chile, South Korea, Mexico, France, UK, Taiwan, Singapore, Denmark, Brazil, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Serbia, Vietnam, UK, Poland, China, Spain, South Africa, Austria, Croatia, Russia, Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, India, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, Thailand, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, and Venezuela.
• 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.
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• 510(K) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = IYN