Alerte De Sécurité sur Trade name: ACUSON SC2000 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM. Technical Name: Ultrasonic Apparatus. ANVISA registration number: 10345161999. Class of risk: II. Model affected: ACUSON SC2000. Serial numbers affected: 401532

Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of data from the U.S. and Brazil.

Recommendation to Users and Patients: In order to avoid the problem described above, Siemens recommends that the trackball remain assigned to the colored region of interest, to the sample or pulsed or continuous wave Doppler courses, to mode M courses, to 2D field the RES region, especially when the temperature of the transducer reaches 40 ° C. However, if the problem occurs, we recommend the following actions: Temporarily increase or decrease the transmission energy OR wait for the temperature of the transducer to reach 41ºC. If you wish to notify technical complaints and adverse events use the following channels: Notivisa: Notices of adverse events (AE) and technical complaints (QT) for products subject to Sanitary Surveillance should be made through the NOTIVISA System. To access the System, you must register and select the Health Professional option, if you are a liberal professional or the Institution / Entity option, if you are a professional of an institution / entity. Technovigilance System: Patient or citizen can notify through the Technovigilance System / SISTEC access through the link