Events

Recall of RIGID ARM SUPPORT STANDARD SET RED

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by MEDTEC INC. DBA CIVCO MEDICAL SOLUTIONS AND CIVCO RADIOTHERAPY.

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
    32834
  • Event Risk Class
    I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-07-28
  • 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
    An end user received a rigid arm support set (pn 106015) as part of their posirest-2 system (pn 106521). when the new posirest-2 system was visually compared to the unit shipped at an earlier date the height of the new unit was significantly different than the old unit.

Device

RIGID ARM SUPPORT STANDARD SET RED

Manufacturer

MEDTEC INC. DBA CIVCO MEDICAL SOLUTIONS AND CIVCO RADIOTHERAPY