Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall TrueBeam Radiotherapy Delivery System and EDGE Radiotherapy Delivery 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 Vision RT Ltd.

¿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
    74607
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2668-2016
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2016-06-30
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2017-09-20
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • 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
    Accelerator, linear, medical - Product Code IYE
  • Causa
    Vision rt ltd received three (3) reports from different sites that discovered the following issue, unintended changes were made to planned couch parameters, specifically the couch rotation parameter, during patient set-up for the optical surface monitoring system [osms]. 1. crm 3194, no serious injury, no mdr, aware date: dec 11, 2015 2. crm 3321, no patient involved, no mdr, aware date: jan 19, 2016 3. crm 4570, no serious injury, no mdr, aware date: march 15, 2016 no patient harm was reported in any of these cases.
  • Acción
    Vision RT Ltd will provide all affected AlignRT¿ Plus Users with an Urgent Medical Device Correction Notification letter, dated 2016-06-24 Subject: Unexpected Overwrite of Plan Couch Parameter. The letter will provide Users with a detailed description of the problem and provide instructions to avoid the issue. Non-responders will be notified again until we achieve 100% for North America and International consignees. Vision RT will make three (3) attempts using at least two different methods of contact to obtain proof of notification. Containment: Vision RT will provide a copy of the Urgent Medical Device Correction letter for any site accepting an AlignRT device. The letter will provide Users with a detailed description of the problem and provide instructions to avoid the issue. Product will not be returned to Vision RT. Varian Medical Systems and Vision RT are investigating development of a technical fix for the affected products. Notification of the intention to correct is provided in the Urgent Medical Device Correction Notification letter, dated 2016-06-24 Subject: Unexpected Overwrite of Plan Couch Parameter. Vision RT Ltd will contact all affected AlignRT¿ Plus users and schedule upgrades to implement the correction when available.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Serial Number of the device(s) distributed 248-016 248-021 248-022 248-030 248-038 248-041 248-063 248-064 249-1514 249-1516 248-071 249-0239 248-073 248-080 248-084 249-0043 249-0055 249-0056 249-0058 249-0069 249-0130 249-0137 249-1509 249-0141 249-0275 249-0152 249-0162 249-0169 249-0251 249-0253 249-0254 249-0288 249-1503 249-1512 249-1518 249-TBD 249-0061 249-0131 249-0256 249-0289 249-0290 249-TBD 248-083 249-0273 249-0276 249-1500 249-1519
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Product distributed in US. The foreign countries where the product was distributed are as follows: Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and United Kingdom. No product was distributed to US government accounts.
  • Descripción del producto
    TrueBeam¿ Radiotherapy Delivery System and EDGE" Radiotherapy Delivery System, K140528. The TrueBeam and Edge Systems are intended to provide stereotactic radiosurgery and precision radiotherapy for lesions, tumors, and conditions anywhere in the body where radiation therapy is indicated for adults and pediatric patients.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer