Recall: Software Error leads to Crashes Leading to Delay or Interruption of Procedure

Company: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Date of Enforcement Report: 12/31/2022
Class II

PRODUCT

Programmable Diagnostic Computer

Recall Number:

Z-0775-2023

REASON

The firm will be performing a software update to address a software error which affects the listed products. This correction addresses four potential software issues: 1) “PASSWORD STORE CORRUPTED” error message during system boot; 2) Subsystem crash during examination; 3) Dialog Monitor Computer (DMC) application crash while loading a study; and 4) Software crash due to system internal timeout. Issue 1 may lead to a delay or interruption of procedure. Issues 2, 3, and 4 may result in delay in starting or continuing the examination, and may also prevent the operator from starting or continuing a study.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

1969 distributed worldwide; 393 US

DISTRIBUTION

Domestic distribution nationwide. Worldwide foreign distribution to Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Fiji Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Ivory Coast (Cote d’ Ivoire) Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Libya Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Myanmar Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Vietnam Yemen

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