Events

Recall of CORVUS RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM

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

What is this?

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
    19606
  • Event Risk Class
    I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2004-06-16
  • 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
    Software issue in corvus 5.0 and 5.0m relative to plans created for the elekta mlc. under certain circumstances corvus does not correctly account for leakage dose from the elekta mlc.

Device

CORVUS RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: (Lot serial: 403684)
  • Product Description
    CORVUS 5.0 AND 5.0M PLANNING SYSTEMS
  • Manufacturer
    BEST NOMOS

Manufacturer

BEST NOMOS
  • Manufacturer Address
    PITTSBURGH
  • Source
    HC