Toshiba American Medical Systems Inc: Medical Device Recalls in 2012

According to to data from the FDA, there were 5 medical device recalls made by Toshiba American Medical Systems Inc in 2012. See the details of the recalls below.

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• Toshiba CT systems, Asteion and Aquilion, that are equipped with a PC based computer, or to those older systems (SGI based) that received an improved table by an upgrade purchase. This device is designed to produce cross-sectional images of a human body by reconstruction of xray transmission data from the same axial plane taken at different angles. These images have been proven to be clinically useful in the diagnosis of spine and head injuries, intracranial tumors, blood clots in the brain, eye trauma, soft tissue lesions in the extremities, gastrointestinal lesions, abdominal and pelvic malignancies, and hepatic metastases. CT is also used to evaluate intestinal obstruction!;, assess intra-abdominal abnormalities and to examine musculoskeletal degeneration. This device employs no intended uses that are not in cleared devices already found in the marketplace.
• EXCELART Vantage, Atlas, and Titan MRI Systems, MRT-1503 and MRT-1504. Imaging of the Whole Body, Fluid Visualization, 2D/3D Imaging, MR Angiography/MR Vascular Imaging, Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Imaging, Perfusion I Diffusion Imaging, and Proton Spectroscopy.
• Whole Body X--ray Scanner This device is indicated as a whole body volume CT system. The system produces volumes of up to 320 axial slices in a single rotation.
• TSX-301A/2 Aquilion One CT System. The TSX-30IAl2 is a whole body CT scanner. This device captures cross sectional volume data sets. The device consists of a gantry, patient couch (table) and peripheral cabinets used for data processing and display. This device is intended to produce cross sectional volume sets of the anatomy. Additionally the system, when used by a trained professional, is capable of proving data for dynamic and perfusion studies of organs and extremities.
• Toshiba Ultra-Short Magnetic Resonance Imaging System, EXCELART Vantage. MRT-1503/P5-Vantage MRI System. MR imaging.