Events

Recall of CAPTUS 3000

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by CAPINTEC INC..

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A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    47773
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-08-15
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    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.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    A software error was inadvertently introduced with the additional of a new feature "measure liquid and subtract residual" protocol in software revision 1.22. if the user either exists the thyroid uptake measurement module or prints before measuring residual dose the interim count data for the dose are not correctly saved to the patient's database.

Device

CAPTUS 3000
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 5430-0077 (Lot serial: CNV-720); Model Catalog: 5430-0076 (Lot serial: CNV-720); Model Catalog: 5430-0119 (Lot serial: 901364); Model Catalog: 5430-0118 (Lot serial: 901364); Model Catalog: 5430-0103 (Lot serial: 901364); Model Catalog: 5430-0087 (Lot serial: 901364); Model Catalog: 5430-0077 (Lot serial: 901364); Model Catalog: 5430-0076 (Lot serial: 901364); Model Catalog: 5430-0119 (Lot serial: 901309); Model Catalog: 5430-0118 (Lot serial: 901309); Model Catalog: 5430-0103 (Lot serial: 901309); Model Catalog: 5430-0087 (Lot serial: 901309); Model Catalog: 5430-0077 (Lot serial: 901309); Model Catalog: 5430-0076 (Lot serial: 901309); Model Catalog: 5430-0119 (Lot serial: 901308); Model Catalog: 5430-0118 (Lot serial: 901308); Model Catalog: 5430-0103 (Lot serial: 901308); Model Catalog: 5430-0087 (Lot serial: 901308); Model Catalog: 5430-0077 (Lot serial: 901308); Model Catalog: 5430-0076 (Lot serial: 901308); Model Catalog: 5430-0119 (Lot serial: 901192); Model Catalog: 5430-0118 (Lot seri
  • Product Description
    CAPTUS 3000 THYROID UPTAKE SYSTEMS
  • Manufacturer
    CAPINTEC INC.

Manufacturer

CAPINTEC INC.