Events

Recall of Beam Management System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Ion Beam Applications S.A..

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
    79228
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0931-2018
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-10-19
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=161705
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    System, radiation therapy, charged-particle, medical - Product Code LHN
  • Reason
    Range for the same energy could be different depending if the layer is the first layer of the irradiation plan or not.
  • Action
    IBA sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice dated October 19, 2017 , issued to customers stating the following: IBA recommends performing a check to detect the consequence of this potential power supply regulation issue on a regular basis (IBA recommends Monthly), see Annex 1 for details. IBA is developing a corrective action in order to reduce the hysteresis effect and detect magnet current overshoot. This solution will be deployed to all systems using JEMA analog power supply. This solution will be validated and deployed by April 2018. For further questions, please call (215) 972-7985

Device

Beam Management System
  • Model / Serial
    PAT.003 (KR), PAT.006 (US)
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    US Distribution to the state of :FL
  • Product Description
    Proteus 235, Pencil Beam Scanning version PTS-6.4.11.X || The Proton Therapy System - Proteus 235 (brand names: Proteus Plus and Proteus ONE) is a medical device designed to produce and deliver a proton beam for the treatment of patients with localized tumors and other conditions susceptible to treatment by radiation. The PTS may include a fixed small beam treatment room dedicated to the treatment of patients with localized tumors and other conditions susceptible to treatment by radiation localized to the head and neck.
  • Manufacturer
    Ion Beam Applications S.A.

Manufacturer

Ion Beam Applications S.A.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Ion Beam Applications S.A., Chemin du Cyclotron, 3, Louvain La Neuve Belgium
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Ion Beam Applications SA
  • Source
    USFDA