FDA Device Recall Z-2661-2025
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc · Malvern, PA
Class I — life-threatening Ongoing
Device
MAGNETOM Skyra fit. Model Number: 10849580.
Reason for recall
There is a potential for an ice blockage to form or currently exist within the magnet venting system. In the event of a quench, helium gas may be unable to escape through the designed venting paths, leading to a pressure build-up within the helium containment system. This pressure build-up could ultimately rupture the helium containment system, potentially resulting in a helium leak into the scanning room.
Recall record
- Recall number
Z-2661-2025- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Ongoing
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Firm notification
- Letter
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Brazil, Botswana, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Faroe Islands, France, United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Croatia, Hungary, Canary Islands, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Macao, Malta, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Kosovo, South Africa.
- Recall initiated
- 2025-08-28
- Classified by FDA Center
- 2025-09-30
- FDA published
- 2025-10-08
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
- Firm location
- Malvern, PA
Operational response
A Class I device recall indicates a strong likelihood of serious adverse health consequence or death from continued use. Identify affected units by serial number, lot, or GTIN against your inventory and against implanted-device patient registry. Pull affected inventory from active use immediately. For implanted devices, follow the recalling firm’s patient-notification protocol; in most cases this requires informing affected patients and their treating physicians directly.
For the official FDA enforcement record, see FDA's Recall Search.