SOMATOM Definition AS System, x-ray, tomography, computed Intended to produce cross-sectional images of the…
Medical device recall Z-0742-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 21, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 21, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 104 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?
Software update that provides software and firmware bug-fixes to improve system performance
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
SOMATOM Definition AS System, x-ray, tomography, computed Intended 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 angles or spiral planes taken at different angles.
104 systems, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers: 65127 95798 73739 83277 66219 65491 65453 95738 96357 65615 73726 66467 64860 73860 65712 65304 65437 65614 65856 96305 73296 73831 83403 73840 64709 96335 73673 65639 95003 65501 96351 73778 96028 96316 83520 96288 66396…
Every code shown here, 639 characters
Serial Numbers: 65127 95798 73739 83277 66219 65491 65453 95738 96357 65615 73726 66467 64860 73860 65712 65304 65437 65614 65856 96305 73296 73831 83403 73840 64709 96335 73673 65639 95003 65501 96351 73778 96028 96316 83520 96288 66396 96238 96352 96324 96336 65480 96312 95768 73777 95955 73883 83399 73783 96226 96303 96047 65609 73791 73887 73071 96266 95701 74368 83537 73895 96214 95925 96347 96061 83533 74226 74297 65760 74376 65017 65516 73162 64065 65455 83524 66041 65618 73818 66066 73028 83306 65680 65734 73905 95797 65672 73886 96302 83398 73538 95717 96053 65972 95278 96326 96327 96286 95447 74200 74289 96364 95510 64140
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.
Nationwide Distribution
These words name no state.
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.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, 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 15, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Dec 12, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Dec 21, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 27, 2018.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, of Malvern, PA.
- 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.”
- 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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