Events

Recall Or Safety Alert for Digital linear accelerators of the ARTISTE ™, ONCOR ™ and PRIMUS ™ type with the SIMTEC ™ option,

According to Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (Via FOI), this recall or safety alert involved a device in Spain that was produced by Siemens AG Healthcare.

What is this?

Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall / Safety Alert
  • Date
    2014-06-23
  • Event Country
    Spain
  • Event Source
    AEMPSVFOI
  • Notes / Alerts
    The data from Spain is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios, 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 Spain.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    Safety risk related to the use of the self-healing treatment administration technique with the SIMTEC ™ option in digital linear accelerators of the type ARTISTE ™, ONCOR ™ and PRIMUS ™, manufactured by Siemens AG Healthcare, Germany

Device

Digital linear accelerators of the ARTISTE ™, ONCOR ™ and PRIMUS ™ type with the SIMTEC ™ option,

Manufacturer

Siemens AG Healthcare
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens AG
  • Source
    AEMPSVFOI