Events

Recall of LEKSELL GAMMAPLAN

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
    54631
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1134-2010
  • Event Initiated Date
    2008-10-23
  • Event Date Posted
    2010-04-27
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2010-12-14
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=88849
  • 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
    Radionuclide radiation therapy system - Product Code IWB
  • Reason
    Although the co-registration looks good during the verification step in the co-registration dialog, the obtain transformation may include an error that depends on the voxel sizes and acquisition parameters of the co-registered image studies.
  • Action
    Important Notice A325 "Error in ImageMerge" dated November 21, 2008 was sent to affected customers and field service engineer as notification of the problem. The notice advises users not to use ImageMerge except if it is judged that the transformation error has no clinical significance. Information is provided in the release to help the user to make an informed decision on this issue. Field Change Order 200 084, "NTPS 8.3 SP1 for NTPS 8.0, 8.2 and 8.3" released January 28, 2009 was sent to affected customers as notification of the fix to this issue. This notice includes instructions to assist Elekta field service personnel in successfully upgrading the affected systems. Once the upgrade is in place, the issue will be corrected.

Device

LEKSELL GAMMAPLAN
  • Model / Serial
    4113, 4115, 4142, 4148, 4158, 4160, 4176, 4191, 4193, 4195, 4207, 4208, 4300, 4302, 4303, 4306, 4308, 4309, 4313, 4314, 4319, 4326, 4328, 4329, 4332, 4333, 4337, 4339, 4340, 4341, 4342, 4343, 4344, 4346, 4349, 4352, 4353, 4354, 4363, 4366, 4824, 4830,5000, 5003, 5019, 5023, 5026, 5034, 6004, 6006, 6008, 6009, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6014, 6015, 6016, 6020, 6021, 6022, 6023, 6025, 6029, 6030, 6032, 6034, 6035, 6036, 6037, 6047 and 6049.
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Nationwide Distribution -- (AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IL,KY, MA, MI, MS, NE, NV, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN TX and UT).
  • Product Description
    Leksell GammaPlan. || Leksell GammaPlan is designed for use with the Leksell Gamma Knife manufactured by Elekta Instrument AB. The Leksell GammaPlan is intended to be used for planning the dosimetry of treatments in stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiation therapy. It processes the inputs of the health care professional (Neurosurgeons, Radiation Therapists and Radiation Physicists) such that the desired radiation dose is provided by the Leksell Gamma Knife to a precisely defined target area within the cranium.
  • Manufacturer
    Elekta, Inc.

Manufacturer

Elekta, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Elekta, Inc., 4775 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Bldg 300, #300, Norcross GA 30092-3011
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Elekta AB
  • Source
    USFDA