ACUSON Sequoia Diagnostic Ultrasound System; ACUSON Sequoia Select Diagnostic Ultrasound System; ACUSON Origin Diagnostic Ultrasound System; ACUSON Origin ICE Diagnostic Ultrasound System
K251481Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · cleared 2025-08-20 · product code IYN · Radiology
Premarket evidence — what FDA accepted
source quote (p.4)
“The ACUSON Sequoia and Sequoia Select ultrasound imaging systems are intended to provide images of, or signals from, inside the body by an appropriately trained healthcare professional in a clinical setting for the following applications: Fetal, Abdominal, Pediatric, Neonatal Cephalic, Small Parts, OB/GYN (useful for visualization of the ovaries, follicles, uterus and other pelvic structures), Cardiac, Transesophageal, Pelvic, Vascular, Adult Cephalic, Musculoskeletal and Peripheral Vascular applications. The system supports the Ultrasonically-Derived Fat Fraction (UDFF) measurement tool to report an index that can be useful as an aid to a physician managing adult and pediatric patients with hepatic steatosis. The system also provides the ability to measure anatomical structures for fetal, abdominal, pediatric, small organ, cardiac, transrectal, transvaginal, peripheral vessel, musculoskeletal and calculation packages that provide information to the clinician that may be used adjunctively with other medical data obtained by a physician for clinical diagnosis purposes. AI Measure and AI Assist workflow efficiency feature where the workflows are integrated such that, when cardiac view is classified, relevant AI Measure measurements labels (appropriate for the anatomy area or view detected by AI Assist) are automatically launched.”
source quote (p.10)
“AI Measure and AI Assist workflow efficiency feature where the workflows are integrated such that, when cardiac view is classified, relevant AI Measure measurements labels (appropriate for the anatomy area or view detected by AI Assist) are automatically launched.”
Validation studies (1)
Bench
sample size not stated
endpoints: accuracy; variability
standards: IEC 62359: Edition 2.1 2017-09, Ultrasonics - Field characterization - Test methods for the determination of thermal and mechanical indices related to medical diagnostic ultrasonic fields / Combines IEC 62359 (2010-10) and AMD 1 (2017-09), AAMI ES 60601-1:2005/(R)2012 and A1:2012, C1:2009/(R)2012 and A2:2010/(R)2012 (Consolidated Text) Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance (IEC 60601- 1:2005, AMD2: 2021), IEC 60601-1:2005/A1(2012), Medical electric equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance / This document and its separate amendments continue to be valid together with the consolidated version, IEC 60601-1-2 Edition 4.0 2014-02, Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests, IEC 60601-2-18: Edition 3.0 2009-08, Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-18: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of endoscopic equipment, IEC 60601-2-37 Edition 2.1 2015, Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-37: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of ultrasonic medical diagnostic and monitoring equipment, ISO 10993-1 Fifth edition 2018-08, Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process, IEC 60601-1-6:2010+A1:2013+A2:2020 Medical Electrical Equipment Part 1-6, General Requirements for Basic Safety and Essential Performance- Collateral standard: Usability, ANSI AAMI ISO 14971: Medical devices- Applications of risk management to medical devices, 2019, IEC 62304: Medical Device Software – Software life cycle process, 2006 + A 2015, ISO 13485:2016 Medical devices – Quality management systems- Requirements for regulatory purposes, FDA Ultrasound Guidance document, “Marketing Clearance of Diagnostic Ultrasound Systems and Transducers,” issued in February 2023
Reported performance (1 observation)
source quote (p.12)
“The verification results met the acceptance criteria for accuracy and variability.”
Each value carries its own analysis unit and task — never compare or pool across devices. Source: 510(k) summary PDF.
Predicate network
Postmarket — what happened after clearance
- recall_reason_pattern
Software/algorithm-related recall in product code IYN (Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., initiated 2024-08-15): "If ultrasound systems with software, are changed from factory default to : 1) Milliliters per second (ml/sec, mL/sec) or 2) Milliliters per minute (ml/min, mL/min); then systems wi" Recalling firm matches this device's applicant.
first seen 2026-07-08 · recall res_event_number:95254
- recall_reason_pattern
Software/algorithm-related recall in product code IYN (Philips Ultrasound, LLC, initiated 2025-10-31): "Ultrasound system compatibility issues with Apple devices running iOS 18 may cause a failure to perform live imagining." Recalling firm is another firm in the same product code.
first seen 2026-07-08 · recall res_event_number:97843
- recall_reason_pattern
Software/algorithm-related recall in product code IYN (GE Medical Systems, LLC, initiated 2025-09-18): "The Ultrasound-Guided Attenuation Parameter (UGAP) measurement data may display inaccurate values representing liver steatosis. This could potentially lead to inappropriate clinica" Recalling firm is another firm in the same product code.
first seen 2026-07-08 · recall res_event_number:97726
- recall_reason_pattern
Software/algorithm-related recall in product code IYN (GE Medical Systems China Co., Ltd. Dev. Zone National Hi-Tech; No., initiated 2025-05-16): "GE HealthCare has become aware that the Estimated Fetal Weight (EFW) measurement data feature on the Versana Premier R3 and LOGIQ F R3 series ultrasound systems can display previou" Recalling firm is another firm in the same product code.
first seen 2026-07-08 · recall res_event_number:96992
Recall and MAUDE counts are product-code-level (reports aren't reliably attributable to one device). Signals are descriptive observables with sources — never a judgment that the device is unsafe or drifting. Snapshot 2026-07-08.
Reimbursement — how devices like this got paid
Not yet tracked — no payment pathway indexed for this clearance (the reimbursement corpus is a growing seed set).