Events

Recall of EXACTRAC PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM - SOFTWARE AND PATIENT TRAY

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

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
    153414
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-04-03
  • 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
    Radiation therapy treatment plans with 2 separate targets for a patient were created with a non-brainlab treatment planning system. these targets were imported into the brainlab exactrac 5.5 system used for the positioning of the patient at the linear accelerator.

Device

EXACTRAC PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM - SOFTWARE AND PATIENT TRAY
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 49900C (Lot serial: SW Version 5.5.2)
  • Product Description
    ExacTrac 5.x Patient Positioning System
  • Manufacturer
    BRAINLAB AG

Manufacturer

BRAINLAB AG
  • Manufacturer Address
    MUNICH
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Brainlab AG
  • Source
    HC