Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Eclipse Treatment Planning System

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Oncology Systems.

¿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
    59006
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2788-2011
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2011-05-20
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2011-07-11
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2012-07-13
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=100818
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    System, planning, radiation therapy treatment - Product Code MUJ
  • Causa
    A software anomaly has been identified with the eclipse monte carlo (emc) algorithm where not-equidistant data points in the open beam profile used during configuration may lead to inaccurate results.
  • Acción
    Varian sent an URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION letter via certified mail dated May 20, 2011, to all affected customers. ***12-20-12, AMENDED INFO ***: An additional letter was sent to consignees on 11/5/12 that Varian identified as also being affected by the recall.*** The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to remove the product from use and advise users to manually initiate the configuration process for resampling to be applied when a previous calculation model is copied. Customers were asked to sign and return the notice to confirm receipt. For questions call USA and Canada 1-888-827-4265 For Europe call +41 41 749 8844

Device

Device Recall Eclipse Treatment Planning System
  • Modelo / Serial
  • Clasificación del producto
    Radiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) and countries including of: Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.
  • Descripción del producto
    Varian brand Varian Eclipse Treatment Planning System for radiotherapy; Model Number: H48; Product is manufactured and distributed by Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, CA || The Eclipse Treatment Planning System (Eclipse TPS) is used to plan radiotherapy treatments for patients with malignant or benign diseases. Eclipse TPS is used to plan external beam irradiation with photon, electron and proton beams, as well as for internal irradiation (brachytherapy) treatments. In addition, the Eclipse Proton Eye algorithm is specifically indicated for planning proton treatment of neoplasms of the eye.
  • Manufacturer
    Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Oncology Systems

Manufacturer

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Oncology Systems
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Oncology Systems, 911 Hansen Way, Palo Alto CA 94304-1028
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Varian Medical Systems Inc
  • Source
    USFDA