Recall of Device Recall Radiation Treatment Planning System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Elekta, 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
    75718
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0668-2017
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-11-17
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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
    Contours are not handled correctly if the ct dataset contains slices with dicom z coordinates of xx.X50mm.
  • Action
    Elekta sent an Important Field Safety Notice 382-01-MON-007 was sent to all affected customers on November 17, 2016, to all affected customers. The notice informs users of the specific product version numbers affected by the issue, and any work arounds that can be used to avoid the issue. The notice included a reply form which is to be returned.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Software Builds 5.00 and higher
  • Product Classification
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - US including AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, Puerto Rico and Internationally to Algeria, Antiqua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Unite Kingdom, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
  • Product Description
    Monaco TRP System || The Monaco system is used to make treatment plans for patients with prescriptions for external beam radiation therapy.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    Elekta, Inc., 400 Perimeter Center Ter NE Ste 50, Atlanta GA 30346-1227
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA