MAGNUS operating table system 118001B4Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04046768124752), received between Feb 26, 2024 and Mar 26, 2026 — classified as 4 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Communication or Transmission Problem” (2 reports).

1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Recalls naming this device

1. Feb 11, 2021Open, Classified

   There is a potential for hydraulic leakage at the inclination function to occur resulting in an unintended Trendelenburg or anti-Trendelenburg movement of the table top depending on patient positioning which may lead to the patient having to be transferred to another OR table causing a delay in the procedure.

   Z-1296-2021 · Root cause: Device Design · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMar 26, 2026Device Sensing Problem

  GETINGE BECAME AWARE OF AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF OUR TABLE 118001B4 - HYBRID OR TABLE COLUMN, SURFACE-MOUNTED. AS IT WAS STATED, DURING THE SURGERY THE DSA REPORTED AN ERROR, THE OPERATING TABLE MOVED SLOWLY, AND 3D IMAGING WAS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED, HOWEVER, WE DECIDED TO REPORT THE ISSUE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY IF THE SITUATION, THE INABILITY TO POSITION THE TABLE AS REQUIRED DURING THE PROCEDURE, WAS TO REOCCUR.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24697364 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 19, 2026Communication or Transmission Problem

  GETINGE BECAME AWARE OF AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF OUR TABLE 118001B4 - HYBRID OR TABLE COLUMN, SURFACE-MOUNTED. AS IT WAS STATED, DURING THE SURGERY THE DSA REPORTED AN ERROR, THE OPERATING TABLE MOVED SLOWLY, AND 3D IMAGING WAS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED, HOWEVER, WE DECIDED TO REPORT THE ISSUE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY IF THE SITUATION, THE INABILITY TO POSITION THE TABLE AS REQUIRED DURING THE PROCEDURE, WAS TO REOCCUR.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24638025 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 6, 2026Device Sensing Problem

  GETINGE BECAME AWARE OF AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF OUR TABLE 118001B4: HYBRID OR TABLE COLUMN, SURFACE-MOUNTED. AS IT WAS STATED, DURING THE EMERGENCY SURGERY INVOLVING A PATIENT WITH A RUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM, THE DSA REPORTED AN ERROR, THE OPERATING TABLE MOVED SLOWLY, AND 3D IMAGING WAS IMPOSSIBLE. WITH REMOTE GUIDANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER'S ENGINEER, THE ERROR WAS TEMPORARILY RESOLVED, BUT THE SAME ERROR REAPPEARED FIVE MINUTES LATER. AFTER THE ERROR OCCURRED, THE EQUIPMENT MOVED SLOWLY, MAKING 3D SCANNING UNUSABLE AND PREVENTING THE PROVISION OF REAL-TIME 3D PATH GUIDANCE, A RECURRING CYCLE. THE SURGERY WAS FINISHED. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED. HOWEVER, WE DECIDED TO REPORT THE ISSUE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY IF THE SITUATION, NAMELY DELAY IN START OF TREATMENT IN A CRITICAL STEP OF THE TREATMENT, WAS TO REOCCUR.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24530352 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 26, 2024Use of Device Problem; Communication or Transmission Problem; Positioning Problem; Intermittent Communication Failure; Use of Device Problem; Communication or Transmission Problem; Positioning Problem; Intermittent Communication Failure

  ON 16TH FEBRUARY 2024 GETINGE BECAME AWARE OF AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF OUR COLUMNS - 118001B4 - HYBRID OR TABLE COLUMN, SURFACE-MOUNTED. AS IT WAS STATED, DURING PREPARATION OF THE PATIENT FOR EVAR PROCEDURE, A TABLE ROTATION ISSUE OCCURRED AND THE COMMUNICATION WAS LOST. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF AN ERROR MESSAGE ON THE HAND CONTROLLER. THE PATIENT WAS ON THE TABLE AND HAD ALREADY BEEN ANESTHETIZED. THE ISSUE LED TO A DELAY OF AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. THE CASE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE AFTER MANUAL RESET OF THE TABLE. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED, HOWEVER, WE DECIDED TO REPORT THE ISSUE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY IF THE SITUATION, NAMELY THE DELAY IN SURGERY RESULTING IN PROLONGED ANESTHESIA TIME, WAS TO REOCCUR.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18776221 ↗