Events

Recall of Varian Eclipse Treatment Planning Software

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Varian 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
    13456
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-09-06
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Varian Medical Systems Australasia Pty Ltd (NZ), C/- BDO Auckland - Christine Koefoed, Level 4, BDO Centre, 4 Graham Street, Auckland 1140
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has identified that an outdated assigned hounsfield unit [hu] value can be used for dose calculation when the clock on the eclipse client workstation is not synchronized with the database/system server.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Varian Eclipse Treatment Planning Software

Manufacturer

Varian Medical Systems Inc