Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 16221 |
| Brand Name: | Siemens 550TxT Treatment Table for Primus, Oncor and Artiste Digital Linear Accelerators |
| Model: | Catalogue Number: 7346534 |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A 600 Great South Road Ellerslie AUCKLAND 1051 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 310 300 |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens AG |
| Issue: | It is possible for patients or operators to have their fingers trapped and pinched between the table top and the bottom frame of the 550 TxT™ Treatment Table. Secondly and unrelated we have received a report on an incident in which a cable inside of the 550 TxT™ Treatment Table has been damaged due to contacting a moving part. The resulting short-circuit caused overheating of an electronic circuit board inside of the table base. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Product to be modified |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 13/2/2014 |
