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Recall of Device Recall The Pinnacle3 Radiation Therapy Planning System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Nuclear Medicine, 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
    39420
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1212-2007
  • Event Initiated Date
    2007-08-21
  • Event Date Posted
    2007-09-25
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2011-12-17
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=55508
  • 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
    Radiation Therapy Planning System - Product Code MUJ
  • Reason
    Incorrect absolute marking coordinates when used with pq-series scanners due to a software malfunction.
  • Action
    All customers will receive an August 21, 2007, Customer Advisory Notification letter notifying them of the issue and the steps required to avoid the issue. Return receipts will be tracked. This is a short-term fix, a long term software fix will be issued shortly by the firm.

Device

Device Recall The Pinnacle3 Radiation Therapy Planning System
  • Model / Serial
    Pinnacle3 Version 7.6c Software Kit Model #9200-0652A-ENG;Pinnacle3 Version 8.0d Software Kit Model #9200-0700A-ENG;Pinnacle3 Version 8.0d p 1 Software Kit Model #9200-0700B-ENG;Pinnacle3 Version 8.0h Software Kit Model #9200-0700C-ENG
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution; USA including states of AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI and Country of CANADA
  • Product Description
    The Pinnacle3 Radiation Therapy Planning (RTP) system and its associated software; composed of several modules including the core Pinnacle3 functionality, Syntegra (TM), P3IMRT, P3MD and AcQSim3 (TM). The Pinnacle3 RTP system is composed of a Sun UNIX workstation (or UNIX-complaint computer) running the Solaris operating system and software, and a UNIX terminal emulation package on a personal computer, which allows the user to enter patient data into the system, use that data to construct a plan for radiation therapy, and evaluate the plan- Philips Medical Systems-Model #9200-0652A-ENG, 9200-0700A-ENG, 9200-0700B-ENG, 9200-0700C-ENG (with software versions 7.6C, 8.0d and 8.0h)
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Nuclear Medicine, Inc.

Manufacturer

Philips Nuclear Medicine, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Nuclear Medicine, Inc., 5520 Nobel Dr Ste 125, Fitchburg WI 53711-4948
  • Source
    USFDA