PRODUCT
Magnetom 42 SP Magnetic Resonance Imaging System with
Software Version Number 2A2.7B. Computer aided medical device generates magnetic field resulting in a digital image of the body:
a) Magnetom 42 SP Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems, Model No. 89 69 131 (SP-A);
b) Magnetom 42 SP Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems, Model No. 87-29-485 (SP). Recall #Z-664/665-0.
REASON
Patients who are registered on the MRI systems with birth dates of January 1, 2000 or later will be misinterpreted by the software to have been born in 1900.
MANUFACTURER
Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany.
RECALLED BY
Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, New Jersey, by letter dated February 24, 2000. Firm-initiated field correction ongoing.
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and international.
QUANTITY
Approximately 387 units.
SoftwareCPR keyword: Y2K, Year 2000
