ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound Imaging System with Software Version VA25A/B
Medical device recall Z-0547-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 9, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 9, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 44 states named
- 1161 systems how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Due to a calculation error in the measurement when using 2D trace (manual trace) tool. The trace circumference value is overestimated and may potentially result in misdiagnosis of a patient’s condition.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound Imaging System with Software Version VA25A/B
1161 systems, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Software Version VA25A/B System Serial Numbers: 800101 800106 800117 800126 800135 800136 800138 800140 800142 800147 800157 800159 800162 800163 800171 800176 800177 800181 800182 800183 800184 800185 800186 800187 800190 800191 800192…
Every code shown here, 1,994 characters
Software Version VA25A/B System Serial Numbers: 800101 800106 800117 800126 800135 800136 800138 800140 800142 800147 800157 800159 800162 800163 800171 800176 800177 800181 800182 800183 800184 800185 800186 800187 800190 800191 800192 800196 800199 800203 800205 800206 800207 800211 800212 800213 800218 800219 800220 800223 800225 800226 800228 800229 800230 800232 800236 800237 800241 800244 800249 800250 800251 800255 800256 800258 800260 800265 800267 800273 800275 800278 800279 800281 800285 800286 800288 800290 800291 800292 800294 800295 800302 800304 800305 800314 800315 800319 800328 800334 800335 800338 800339 800341 800346 800356 800357 800360 800362 800368 800369 800371 800375 800383 800388 800390 800391 800397 800399 800405 800406 800408 800411 800426 800428 800433 800435 800436 800439 800449 800451 800454 800458 800463 800464 800466 800467 800468 800472 800473 800474 800483 800490 800517 800530 800532 800535 800545 800549 800551 800555 800557 800559 800566 800575 800585 800590 800593 800594 800595 800598 800599 800601 800606 800610 800611 800612 800618 800620 800625 800627 800638 800639 800644 800645 800646 800647 800649 800659 800661 800669 800671 800673 800674 800686 800688 800696 800701 800703 800705 800707 800708 800730 800731 800735 800745 800756 800758 800761 800763 800771 800779 800787 800788 800789 800799 800804 800805 800807 800809 800820 800821 800822 800850 800861 800871 800877 800879 800881 800884 800885 800887 800890 800895 800896 800897 800905 800914 800922 800925 800928 800932 800934 800938 800940 800950 800952 800961 800963 800964 800977 800979 800980 800990 800991 800993 800994 800998 801001 801002 801007 801009 801017 801023 801024 801026 801033 801036 801047 801065 801080 801083 801085 801122 801128 801130 801131 801132 801133 801135 801139 801140 801162 801165 801166 801196 801202 801211 801223 801225 801232 801249 801252 801261 801269 801270 801278 801286 801288 801291 801292 801293 801294 801295 801296 801297 801299 801301…
FDA’s list runs to 8,174 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide distribution - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CN, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and WY. The countries of United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Angola, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Brazil, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Rep., Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Croatia, Indonesia, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Republic Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, South Africa.
The states and territories these words name
44 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Nov 12, 2021.
- FDA classified it on Feb 1, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 9, 2022.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., of Issaquah, WA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 8,174 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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