Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de TRILOGY HIGH ENERGY LINEAR ACCELERATOR

Según Health Canada (via FOI), este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Canada que fue producido por VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC..

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    133448
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    II
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2012-05-16
  • País del evento
    Canada
  • Fuente del evento
    HC
  • Notas / Alertas
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    An event occurred with c-series clinac accelerator. the event entails excessive connector resistance which caused the actual jaw positions to differ from the intended jaw positions without warning the operator. normal morning daily quality assurance testing and light field verification detected the discrepancy. investigation found that a similar issue could arise on the gantry or couch axes. this does not affect the mlc.

Device

TRILOGY HIGH ENERGY LINEAR ACCELERATOR
  • Modelo / Serial
    Model Catalog: TRILOGY (Lot serial: >10 serial numbers.); Model Catalog: TRILOGY (Lot serial: Contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 23EX (Lot serial: H290285); Model Catalog: 2100C (Lot serial: >10 SERIAL NUMBERS.); Model Catalog: 2100C (Lot serial: CONTACT MANUFACTURER.); Model Catalog: 21EX (Lot serial: >10 serial numbers.); Model Catalog: NOVALIS TX (Lot serial: ); Model Catalog: CLINAC IX (Lot serial: Contact manufacturer.); Model Catalog: CLINAC IX (Lot serial: >10 Serial numbers.); Model Catalog: 21EX (Lot serial: Contact manufacturer.); Model Catalog: 6EX (Lot serial: >10 serial numbers.); Model Catalog: 600C (Lot serial: >10 serial numbers.); Model Catalog: 600N (Lot serial: >10 serial numbers.); Model Catalog: 6EX (Lot serial: Contact manufacturer.); Model Catalog: 600C (Lot serial: Contact manufacturer.); Model Catalog: 600N (Lot serial: Contact manufacturer.)
  • Descripción del producto
    TRILOGY HIGH ENERGY LINEAR ACCELERATOR
  • Manufacturer
    VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.

Manufacturer

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.