SOMATOM go.All 11061630Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 7 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04056869151564), received between May 25, 2021 and Mar 13, 2026 — classified as 3 injuries, 4 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Application Program Freezes or Fails to Launch” (1 report).

2 FDA recall records name this device's identifier, 2 still open.

19 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K173632, K211373, K233650, K250822); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Recalls naming this device

1. Dec 22, 2022Open, Classified

   In the syngo.CT VA40 and syngo.CT VA50 myNeedle Guide application, the order of the orientation labels head , center, and feet in the axial thick slice segments are erroneously swapped

   Z-1003-2023 · Root cause: Under Investigation by firm · Recall details · FDA record ↗

2. Mar 7, 2022Open, Classified

   Software error may result in sporadic problems causing scanning workflow interruptions, unexpected user notifications and image artifacts. Sporadic software errors may also occur during interventional workflows. Results in potential patient issues: Possible rescan , Unexpected X-Ray dose and additional contrast media, Delay in diagnosis, scan abort,and patient rescan

   Z-0962-2022 · Root cause: Software design · Recall details · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 7 most recent of 7 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMar 13, 2026Insufficient Device Problem Information

  SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS BECAME AWARE OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED WHILE OPERATING THE SOMATOM GO. ALL CT SYSTEM. BASED ON CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXAMINATION PERFORMED ON AN ACUTE STROKE PATIENT FAILED TO EXECUTE. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE USER RESTARTED THE SYSTEM, AFTER WHICH THE RECONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THIS RESULTED IN A REPORTED DIAGNOSTIC DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY 10¿15 MINUTES. NO INJURIES OR ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24589363 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 11, 2025Computer Software Problem; Erratic or Intermittent Display; Display or Visual Feedback Problem; Application Program Freezes or Fails to Launch; Computer Software Problem; Erratic or Intermittent Display; Display or Visual Feedback Problem; Application Program Freezes or Fails to Launch

  IT WAS REPORTED TO SIEMENS THAT A TECHNICAL ISSUE OCCURRED WHILE OPERATING THE SOMATOM GO. ALL CT SYSTEM. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE PERFUSION EVALUATION OF A 66-YEAR-OLD MALE STROKE PATIENT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THE CUSTOMER TRIED TO OPEN THE PATIENT IN CT PERFUSION AND RECEIVED AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE PATIENT IS ALREADY OPENED. THE CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT THE IMAGES AFTER A DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY IMPACT TO THE STATE OF HEALTH OF THE PATIENT INVOLVED. SIEMENS HAS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22182855 ↗
• InjuryNov 18, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  SIEMENS HEALTHINESS WAS MADE AWARE OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON A SOMATOM GO.ALL CT-SCANNER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. IT IS REPORTED THAT A DISABLED 66-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM HER WHEELCHAIR TO THE PHS (PATIENT HANDLING SYSTEM - TABLE) AND HER LEG SUFFERED A 10 CM LONG GASH INSIDE OF HER RIGHT LEG. THE INJURY REQUIRED 15 SUTURES IN A 1.5 H SURGERY. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE INJURY WAS CAUSED BY THE MOUNTED METAL RAIL FOR INTERVENTIONAL PANEL AT THE PHS. A FIRST ONSITE INVESTIGATION DID NOT SHOW ANY SHARP EDGES OR OBJECTS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DESCRIBED INJURY.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 20704864 ↗
• InjuryApr 19, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED TO SIEMENS THAT AFTER THE TOPOGRAM (LOW DOSE OVERVIEW SCAN) AND DURING THE SPIRAL ACQUISITION (VOLUME SCAN), THE PATIENT BROKE THOUGH THE CT GANTRY PLEXI-RING WITH HIS KNEE. THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY TO HIS KNEE (SKIN ABRASION) DURING THE EVENT BUT REPORTEDLY, NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS NEEDED. THE FACILITY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD BEEN "RESTRAINED" ON THE CT TABLE WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. THE PATIENT HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM AN ELDER CARE FACILITY THROUGH THE FACILITY EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) DUE TO A BROKEN HIP. THE REPORTED EVENT OCCURRED DURING THE CT EXAMINATION OF THE HIP. AFTER THE SCAN EVENT, THE PATIENT'S BROKEN HIP WAS TREATED AT THE FACILITY ER AND WAS RETURNED TO THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY WHERE HE CAME FROM. THE PATIENT WAS NOT AMBULATORY. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OF DEVICE MALFUNCTION. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

  Patient problems: Abrasion; Hip Fracture

  MAUDE report 14140473 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 10, 2022Image Display Error/Artifact; Image Display Error/Artifact

  IT WAS REPORTED TO SIEMENS THAT DURING A CT SCAN OF A (B)(6) CHILD ON (B)(6) 2022, THE CUSTOMER OBSERVED ARTIFACTS IN THE CT IMAGES OF THE BRAINS. THE ARTIFACTS APPEARED AS HYPODENSE AREAS IN OCCIPITAL REGION OF THE BRAIN. THE PERCEIVED ARTIFACTS MEANT THAT A SUBDURAL COLLECTION COULD NOT BE EXCLUDED. THEREFORE, THE CUSTOMER DECIDED TO PERFORM FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING USING AN MRI SCANNER. THE INITIAL PATHOLOGY COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED IN THE MRI SCANS. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTED EVENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE PATIENT WAS NOT PROVIDED TO SIEMENS. PER THE CUSTOMER, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE KINDS OF ARTIFACTS WERE OBSERVED. OTHER PEDIATRIC PATIENTS HAD BEEN SCANNED WITHOUT ARTIFACTS. THIS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THE REPORTED EVENT OCCURRED IN THE (B)(6).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13721840 ↗
• InjuryOct 25, 2021Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

  IT WAS REPORTED TO SIEMENS THAT DURING THE BEGINNING A CT PATIENT EXAM ON (B)(6) 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10 PM, THE PATIENT WENT INTO SERIOUS SPASMS WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY. THE PATIENT HAD ALREADY BEEN POSITIONED ON THE PATIENT TABLE AND WAS UNDER THE CT SCAN WINDOW (PLASTIC RING) OF THE CT GANTRY WHEN THE SPASMS BEGAN. THE PATIENT HIT HIS KNEE ON THE CT SCAN WINDOW AND DESTROYED THE RING, ALLOWING EXPOSURE TO THE ROTATING PART OF THE CT GANTRY. THE PATIENT'S KNEE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH LACERATIONS TO THE BONE. THE PATIENT WAS IMMEDIATELY SENT TO SURGERY AND HAD SEVEN (7) OR EIGHT (8) POINTS WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES. DUE TO THE PATIENT'S AGE, (B)(6) YEARS, THERE IS CONCERN IT COULD TAKE HIM A LONG TIME TO HEAL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PATIENT'S HEALTH HISTORY (ASIDE FROM A HISTORY OF SPASMS), OR CURRENT HEALTH STATUS WAS NOT REPORTED TO SIEMENS. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN THE PATIENT WAS RESCANNED. THE REPORTING FACILITY DID NOT ALLEGE THE PATIENT'S INJURY WAS DUE TO A DEVICE MALFUNCTION. ADDITIONAL INQUIRY REVEALED THE PATIENT WAS NOT FIXATED WITH BELTS BEFORE THE EXAMINATION AS RECOMMENDED IN THE SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. SIEMENS NOTED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ES

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 12689371 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 25, 2021Inadequate or Insufficient Training; Inadequate or Insufficient Training

  IT WAS REPORTED TO SIEMENS THAT THE SYSTEM REQUIRED A RELATIVELY LONG TUBE COOLING TIME AFTER A CT HEAD EXAM (POLYTRAUMA SCAN) OF A CRITICAL PATIENT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY OR ADVERSE EVENT REPORTED, HOWEVER, THE USER ALLEGED THAT A DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS COULD HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES FOR AN EMERGENCY PATIENT. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THE REPORTED EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11877092 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K173632, K211373, K233650, K250822. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1239-2026 · Dec 19, 2025 · Open, Classified
  SOMATOM X.ceed Software applications: syngo.CT Brain Quantification syngo.CT Vessel Hyperdensities syngo.CT ASPECTS
• Z-0995-2022 · Mar 7, 2022 · Terminated
  syngo.via RT Image Suite upgraded to VB60 running on SOMATOM go.Up Model Number 11061620. Running on servers with syngo.via VB60 software after upgrade and CT scanners with syngo
• Z-1253-2021 · Mar 3, 2021 · Terminated
  Software versions syngo.CT VA30A_SP2 or syngo.CT VA30A_SP2a in the Computed tomography systems as follows: SOMATOM go.Now (Model 11061610)SOMATOM go.Up (Models 11061620 & 110616
• Z-0265-2020 · Sep 24, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Top, Models 11061640 & 11061648- a Computer tomography x-ray system
• Z-2399-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Now; Models #11061610 & 11061618 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer rec
• Z-2400-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Up; Models #11061620 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction o
• Z-2405-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Top; Models #11061648 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction
• Z-2402-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.All; Models #11061630 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction
• Z-2403-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.All; Models #11061638 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction
• Z-2404-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Top; Models #11061640 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction
• Z-2401-2019 · Jul 31, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Up; Models ##11061628 Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cross-sectional images of patients by computer reconstruction
• Z-1921-2019 · Jun 4, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.All, Model No. 11061638 with syngo.CT software versions VA20A, VA20A_SP0, VA20_SP1. Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process c
• Z-1922-2019 · Jun 4, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Top, Model No. 11061648 with syngo.CT software versions VA20A, VA20A_SP0, VA20_SP1. Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process c
• Z-1920-2019 · Jun 4, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Now, Model No. 11061618 with syngo.CT software versions VA20A, VA20A_SP0, VA20_SP1. Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process c
• Z-1919-2019 · Jun 4, 2019 · Terminated
  SOMATOM go.Up, Model No. 11061628 with syngo.CT software versions VA20A, VA20A_SP0, VA20_SP1. Product Usage: This computed tomography system is intended to generate and process cr

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