ARTIS Pheno, Fluoroscopic X-Ray system, Model Number 10849000

During manual LAO/RAO rotation at maximum speed or a combination of LAO/RAO and Cran/Caud rotation at maximum speed, the possibility exists for the safety monitoring within the system control to become activated. As a result, the C-arm stops the rotation and can drop up to 40 mm (1.6 ).

An Urgent Medical Device Correction notification was distributed to customers on 5/30/18. The notification provided the following information to customers: Siemens will correct the error by inspecting all affected ARTIS Pheno systems. As an immediate measure to prevent movement stops during a C-arm rotation followed by a C-arm drop, the maximum rotation speeds will be reduced. This correction limits the maximum manual LAO/RAO rotation from 25/sec to 20/sec and Cran/Caud rotation from 20/sec to 10/sec. All other system parameters as well as 3D acquisition and Perivision/Peristepping remain unaffected. You may continue to use the ARTIS Pheno system while awaiting implementation of the corrective action. Our service organization will contact you shortly to arrange a date to perform this corrective action with Update Instruction AX004/18/S. Please feel free to contact our service organization for an earlier appointment at 1-800-888-7436. Following the corrective action, the cause is eliminated and a recurrence of the fault is prevented. Additionally, Siemens is developing a solution to restore the system back to the original settings. This solution will be distributed to all affected customers upon completion.