Events

Recall of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Leksell Gamma Knife Icon

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
    73761
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1561-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-04-19
  • Event Status
    Completed
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=144889
  • 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, radionuclide - Product Code IWB
  • Reason
    The latches of the frame adapter can be locked even if the locating pins of the frame adapter is not inserted into the corresponding holes in the coordinate frame.
  • Action
    Elekta sent an Important User Notice (100-03-202-27) letter to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were instructed to complete the Acknowledgement Form attached. For questions contact your local Elekta office.

Device

Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Leksell Gamma Knife Icon
  • Model / Serial
    Perfexion - 14753-099/6052, 12579-007/6250, 10394-LGK01/6144, 11920-C5210/6088, 17397-001/6158, 105528-001/6122, 14857-001/6028, 12236-006/6097, 12473-003/6005, 14857-001/6028, 16867-001/6166, 12668-003/6145 10208-003/6215, 10698-001/6237, 10979-002/6213, 10316-500/6210, 21061-001/6195, 20364-001/6103, 11720-002/6143, 12620-002/6120, 10611-001/6081, 12846-004/6064, 11524-002/8001, 11420-001/6212, 11420-001/6228, 14983-001/6076, 11083-HOM001/6070, 10247-002/6136,10684-002/6090,11868-004/6002, 10795-K08002/6063, 20354-ENS/6160, 11792-005/6077, 11291-001/6018, 10326-003/6105, 18630-001/6031, 17322-001/6121, 30000656-002/6227, 12629-003/6026, 10924-001/6089, 11154-003/6050, 20438-003/6013 17522-001/6214, 17525-002/6038, 11414-LGK002/6205, 11940-LGK002/6181, 10514-LGK002/6183, 11639-LGK001/6042, 11390-LGK001/6109, 10416-LGK001/6125, 11670-LGK001/6133, 11990-LGK001/6118, 10648-LGK001/6098, 15104-LGK001/6080, 10654-LGK001/6096, 10959-LGK001/6132, 10997-LGK001/6087, 15748-LGK001/6106, 11149-LGK002/6206, 11986-LGK002/6218, 10929-LGK002/6175, 10879-LGK002/6234, 11434-LGK002/6255, 11991-LGK002/6198, 13480-LGK002/6148, 10425-LGK002/6254, 10583-LGK002/6161, 11563-LGK002/6162, 10103-LGK02/6149, 10541-LGK002/6142, 10848-LGK001/6108, 11433-LGK001/6116, 14900-LGK001/6058, 15045-LGK001/6091 11784-LGK001/6055, 30000732-001/6223, 40017-002/6170, 12085-006/6163,  12109-002/6169, 12959-002/6033, 10209-001/6046, 10960-005/6193, 0002718-001/6113, 30001751-WOJ701/6068, 12451-001/6019, 14878-003/6067, 105618-001/6110, 19634-001/6155, 16647-001/6187, 14891-001/6104, 30001527-001/6231, 12028-LGK002/6217, 11586-001/6157, 10728-001/6062, 11999-001/6126, 15416-001/6086, 10459-001/6123, 10158-001/6177, 10234-002/6111, 40023-001/6178, 10444-001/6085, 17033-003/6043, 11530-001/6101, 11553-001/6024, 10779-07/6069, 13465-CHUV03/6094, 10424-001/6182, 13370-002/6075, 12214-003/6007, 30000655-001/6199, 10152-001/6159, 11550-001/6065, 10118-001/6230, 12766-001/6112, 13160-001/6039, 11042-001/6003,  12270-001/6017, 18062-001/6146, 11710-004/6141, 11820-006/8006, 11570-004/6220, 11127-009/6219, 12164-004/6221, 10434-004/6244, 10542-012/6238, 13826-002/6239, 10567-041/6191, 98300-003/6140, 10567-037/6119, 14569-001/6135, 10643-005/6117, 11798-009/6060, 17357-001/6130, 11813-003/6034, 10356-007/6079, 10567-045/6232, 10567-032/6074, 10567-030/6036, 10567-025/6029, 11293-004/6004, 12269-002/6082, 11772-004/6048, 10164-004/6009,  10349-003/6066, 10567-026/6011, 10560-003/6127, 11073-008/6020, 10567-036/6102, 14236-001/6114, 10567-035/6092, 10379-002/6061, 11030-006/6030, 13050-001/6037, 10909-009/6010, 11714-003/6072, 12985-003/6025, 14030-002/6015, 10567-031/6054, 10064-008/6021, 13558-001/6099, 10567-038/6107, 11939-003/6008, 10591-002/6083, 10567-024/6014, 11848-003/6095, 11624-003/6078, 10383-007/6100, 11395-010/6032, 11198-005/6124, 10982-003/6053,  11256-001/6012, 10905-004/6016, 10387-011/6093, 11138-004/6115, 10524-003/6073, 10908-003/6045, 10762-005/6057, 10193-007/6056, 10673-016/6006, 11007-005/6035, 11791-006/6022, 11377-003/6186, 12752-004/6242, 11039-006/6188, 10597-002/6167, 17539-001/6185, 14153-001/6197, 30000118-001/6240, 10567-039/6180, 15053-001/6179, 11731-005/6200, 11090-005/6165, 11077-007/6207, 30000171-002/6172, 10760-006/6173, 11733-001/6192, 10817-009/6204, 13514-001/6211, 10877-GK01/6151, 10436-009/6150, 11396-003/6176, 10917-004/6128, 11373-002/6184, 10567-042/6129, 10567-043/6203, 12614-003/6139, 10297-006/6171, 11347-003/6134  LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE ICON - 11868-008/6131, 11290-ENS1/6174, 12027-EZT-G1/6041, 10444-LGK004/8003, 11352-001/6044, 10622-005/6194, 10886-013/6027, 11201-004/6047, 11834-003/6222
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom
  • Product Description
    Radionuclide Radiation Therapy System || Product The product is a teletherapy device intended for stereotactic irradiation of head structures ranging from very small target sizes of a few millimeters to several centimeters.
  • Manufacturer
    Elekta, Inc.

Manufacturer

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