MAGNETOM Aera magnetic resonance diagnostic devices
Medical device recall Z-2342-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 28, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 28, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 42 states named in where it went
- 143 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?
Potential of an open port in the quench venting system when using the optional horizontal outlet on the quench line assembly.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
MAGNETOM Aera magnetic resonance diagnostic devices Model # 10432914
143, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial # 41878 52409 142129 141526 42163 152267 141686 42436 42160 142132 41953 141226 141862 141521 42225 52171 41980 41051 152232 42247 141462 52299 52338 42416 141199 141557 142109 141054 152249 42020 41794 142147 152217 141951 42458…
Every code shown here, 932 characters
Serial # 41878 52409 142129 141526 42163 152267 141686 42436 42160 142132 41953 141226 141862 141521 42225 52171 41980 41051 152232 42247 141462 52299 52338 42416 141199 141557 142109 141054 152249 42020 41794 142147 152217 141951 42458 141638 42087 142010 42326 142009 142124 141676 42290 52229 42298 142130 141561 141973 42530 141141 41951 42236 152215 42267 42364 141305 42372 142122 42083 142142 42217 52195 152175 41945 141712 42256 42310 41780 42422 141963 42534 52350 52249 42412 42413 52397 41862 141786 42420 52221 52304 42306 141513 142024 141016 42495 142120 41906 52267 141589 42249 42158 41897 52321 42303 141056 42353 42330 41778 141275 141109 142107 42381 42339 41777 152234 52190 141201 42566 141677 41782 42254 42214 52192 141314 141585 42248 42295 42517 141072 42417 141439 141975 142104 41941 41813 141260 42533 141386 52157 141154 141135 142128 141121 142077 141242 142074 141253 141043 141221 42635 42507 141025
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.
AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA GU IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MT NC NE NH NJ NY OH OK OR PA SC TN TX VA WA WI WV WY
The states and territories these words name
42 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Jul 9, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Aug 22, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 28, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 23, 2020.
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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