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According to Saudi Food & Drug Authority, this translation missing: en.activerecord.attributes.event.types.recall_field_safety_notice involved a device in Saudi Arabia that was produced by BrainLAB.

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Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall / Field Safety Notice
  • Event ID
    mdprc 033 04 13 000
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-04-09
  • Event Country
    Saudi Arabia
  • Event Source
    SFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://ncmdr.sfda.gov.sa/Secure/CA/CaViewRecall.aspx?caid=4&rid=3402
  • Notes / Alerts
    Saudi data is current through January 2019. All of the data comes from the Saudi Food & Drug 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 Saudi Arabia.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Report Source: NCMDR
    SFDA urges all hospitals that have devices subjected to recall, to contact the company.
  • Reason
    Brainlab are writing to advise you of an anomaly detected in exactrac 5.X when used in combination with a non-brainlab radiation treatment planning system (tps). this anomaly can mislead the user when selecting a treatment plan / isocenter (radiation treatment target) in exactrac for patient positioning at the linear accelerator (linac).

Device

Stereotactic Systems, Image-Guided, Radiosurgical, Linear Accelerator, ExacTrac 5.x Patient Posit...
  • Model / Serial
    Product Reference: ExacTrac versions 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2; ExacTrac versions 5.5, 5.5.1 and 5.5.2
  • Product Description
    Stereotactic Systems, Image-Guided, Radiosurgical, Linear Accelerator.
  • Manufacturer
    BrainLAB

Manufacturer

BrainLAB
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Brainlab AG
  • Manufacturers representative
    Al-Faisaliah Medical System, Riyadh, (01)2119948
  • Source
    SFDA