Events

Recall of Device Recall Focal Radiation Treatment Planning System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Computerized 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
    58256
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2596-2011
  • Event Initiated Date
    2007-11-30
  • Event Date Posted
    2011-06-20
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2014-04-10
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=98822
  • 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, planning, radiation therapy treatment - Product Code MUJ
  • Reason
    Focal: when a plan is sent to focal from xio and the structure properties are edited in focal ct sim activity, these changes result in changes to the mlc or field size for the plan when they should not. xio will recalculate dose when modified plan is returned to xio however the user may not notice that it has changed form the plant they had approved earlier. editing the structure properties (col.
  • Action
    Computerized Medical Systems Inc sent a Customer Advisory, dated 11/30/07, was sent to consignees December 2007 to notify them of the issue and how to avoid the workaround. The advisory listed the problem, clinical impact, and a workaround. The firm will be sending each site a reminder that the issues is resolved.

Device

Device Recall Focal Radiation Treatment Planning System
  • Model / Serial
    Focal Release 4.3.0 through 4.34.01
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - USA (Nationwide AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, MOP, NE, NY, OH, PA, RI, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV and the countries of Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
  • Product Description
    Focal Radiation Treatment Planning System, Focal Release 4.3.0 through 4.34.01 || For use in radiation treatment planning using generally accepted contouring methods. The Focal software allows users to access XiO and other RTP systems from a remote PC-based system and provides the user with the ability to edit and modify patient data from a Windows-based PC and transfer the information back to the RTP system.
  • Manufacturer
    Computerized Medical Systems Inc

Manufacturer

Computerized Medical Systems Inc
  • Manufacturer Address
    Computerized Medical Systems Inc, 13723 Riverport Drive, Suite 100, Maryland Heights MO 63043
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Elekta AB
  • Source
    USFDA