Artis Q (material 10848280, 10848281, 10848282) - Product Usage: AXIOM Artis zee and Q/ Q.zen is a family of dedicated angiography systems developed for single and biplane diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures including, but not limited to, pediatric and obese patients. Procedures that can be performed with the AXIOM Artis zee and Q/ Q.zen family include cardiac angiography, neuro angiography, general angiography, rotational angiography, operating room angiography, multipurpose angiography and whole body radiographic/fluoroscopic procedures. AXIOM Artis zee and Q/ Q.zen can also support the acquisition of position triggered imaging for spatial data synthesis.

In affected Artis systems the movement of the floating tabletop may be blocked after a collision sensor has been activated during system movement.

On April 9, 2019, the firm distributed Urgent Medical Device Correction letters to affected customers. Customers were informed that ARTIS systems equipped with certain motor control units may encounter with hardware failure, and planned procedures may need to be terminated and performed on an alternative x-ray system. The firm stated their service organization would contact customers shortly to arrange a date to perform a software update to correct the issue. For an earlier appointment or if you have any questions, you may contact the firm at 1-800-888-7436. Customers were asked to promptly notify and instruct all staff at the organization who need to be aware of the notice. Additionally, if you further distributed the product, please identify your customers and notify them at once of this recall.