SOMATOM Perspective recallZ-1646-2015 · Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc · initiated Apr 20, 2015
Class II Terminated All recalls posted in May 2015
Is my device affected?
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Why it was recalled
Software bugs in VC20B SP0a or SP1 software versions may cause issues that could make it necessary to rescan patients. Syngo Main UI may crash if the Patient Browser is scrolled with arrow keys of the keyboard. Tomo images may freeze on the screen when zoomed in or out under the mode of CAREVision. Sporadic displaying error in WorkStream4D application. DB may lock under heavy and multitasks.
FDA root cause category: Software design
What the company is doing
Siemens sent an Customer Safety Advisory Notice dated April 20, 2015, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. A remote software update is scheduled for release that will resolve the issue. For further questions, please call (610) 219-6300.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1646-2015
- Recall class
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Apr 20, 2015
- Posted by the FDA
- May 22, 2015
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Quantity
- 75
- Product code
- JAK
- FDA submissions
- K133590
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution including Puerto Rico.
Product description
SOMATOM Perspective; the intended use of computed tomography is to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the same axial plane taken at different angels or spiral planes taken at different angles.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
SOMATOM Perspective - 10495568 with serial numbers: 59019 59195 59060 59043 59025 59029 59189 59204 76954 59010 59164 59185 59048 59169 77107 77110 59011 59030 59171 59168 59017 59167 59162 59190 59047 59061 77121 59028 59165 59020 59181 59037 59035 59005 59183 59016 59027 59184 76950 59203 59015 77182
Other devices under the same FDA submission
3 devices cleared under K133590 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- Somatom Perspective 10495568Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd. · System, x-ray, tomography, computed4 reports
- Somatom Perspective (DE) 10046733Siemens Healthcare GmbH · System, x-ray, tomography, computed1 report
- Somatom Perspective (DE) 10046734Siemens Healthcare GmbH · System, x-ray, tomography, computed1 death1 report
Other products in the same recall event
The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 71101).
- Z-1644-2015 · TerminatedSOMATOM Emotion 6; the intended use of computed tomography is to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the sa…
- Z-1645-2015 · TerminatedSOMATOM Emotion 16, the intended use of computed tomography is to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from either the s…
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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