Artis Q floor
Medical device recall Z-0974-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 27, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 27, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 80 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?
If the coolant level in the cooling circuit drops below a certain level, this may result in a situation in which the X-ray tube is no longer sufficiently cooled and the system will display the message “TUBE HOT, have a break”. Several minutes later the system will block X-ray to prevent further damage and display the message “NO XRAY: TUBE TOO HOT”.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Artis Q floor, Model Number 10848280
80 systems, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI: 4056869009971; Serial Numbers: 103221 103217 103218 103345 103409 103340 103439 104007 103302 103232 104016 104005 103391 103404 104027 132002 103334 103354 103359 103030 103335 104012 103220 103013 103384 103035 104029 104020 103039…
Every code shown here, 636 characters
UDI: 4056869009971; Serial Numbers: 103221 103217 103218 103345 103409 103340 103439 104007 103302 103232 104016 104005 103391 103404 104027 132002 103334 103354 103359 103030 103335 104012 103220 103013 103384 103035 104029 104020 103039 103050 103365 103279 104025 103285 103286 103207 103222 103230 103295 103310 103430 103432 104047 103001 103239 103353 104013 103444 132502 132500 103048 103315 103263 103356 132000 103028 103241 103293 103388 103389 132003 103245 103348 103253 Additional Serial Numbers as of 10/4/23: 160501 160519 160406 160900 160850 160959 160461 103053 103040 160903 126206 160905 160930 160967 160925 160469
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.
US Nationwide.
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?
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 Feb 23, 2022.
- FDA classified it on Apr 21, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 27, 2022.
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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