Health product recall

MAGNETOM Sola (2020-02-27)

Starting date:
February 27, 2020
Posting date:
March 13, 2020
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-72581

Last updated: 2020-03-19

Affected Products

MAGNETOM Sola

Reason

The software update to NX VA20A resolves the following issues and prevents them from recurring. The update is not providing new features or new functionality. These fixes do not affect patient safety.

  • Several improvements for PACS export
  • Various Dicom tag and image text corrections
  • Table position using select & go autopositioning corrected
  • Image quality using save-as-series improved
  • Prior study handling improved
  • Orientation of composed spine images corrected
  • General stability & performance improvements in:
  • Patient registration
  • Workflow configuration and execution
  • System boot and shutdown

Affected products

MAGNETOM Sola

Lot or serial number

182840

Model or catalog number

11291455

Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare GMBH
Henkestr. 127
Erlangen
91052
GERMANY