Events

Recall of MONACO RTP SYSTEM - VMAT OPTION

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by ELEKTA BUSINESS AREA SOFTWARE SYSTEMS IMPAC MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC..

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
    145279
  • Event Risk Class
    I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-05-29
  • 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
    Patients can be scanned either head first or feet first and these cts imported into monaco. monaco ct sim gives an option to prepare a feet first plan but monaco imrt does not. for imrt monaco will display the patient and the dose distribution for a head first treatment position only. it is imperative that the patient be positioned as indicated by the treatment plan.

Device

MONACO RTP SYSTEM - VMAT OPTION

Manufacturer

ELEKTA BUSINESS AREA SOFTWARE SYSTEMS IMPAC MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
  • Manufacturer Address
    MARYLAND HEIGHTS
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Elekta AB
  • Source
    HC