Events

Recall of RayStation

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by RAYSEARCH LABORATORIES AB.

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
    60409
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0359-2012
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-10-19
  • Event Date Posted
    2011-12-02
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2012-05-11
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=105264
  • 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
    The firm has found an issue with dicom rt image representation of drr images from raystation 2.0 which needs to be clarified in the user manual. the symptoms involve the pixel spacing and image position attributes in the rt images being incorrect, thus enabling the user to make measurements that are erroneous and possibly misalign the patient.
  • Action
    The firm, RaySearch Laboratories, sent an email with an "Urgent Field Safety Notice Medical Device Correction" notice dated October 19, 2011 to its customers. The notice describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to pass on the information in the field safety notice to everyone involved and create routines to compensate for the incorrect DRR images; if the DICOM DRR images are not used to make any form of absolute measurements, no action needs to be taken. Raysearch laboratories will provide a script to update these DICOM files to have the correct values upon request. For further information please contact RaySearch Laboratories AB Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager at +46 722 366 110 or david.hedfors@raysearchlabs.com; RaySearch Americas Director of Customer Support at +1 877 778 3489 or freddie.cardell@raysearchlabs.com.

Device

RayStation
  • Model / Serial
    Software version and build number is 2.0.0.15
  • Product Classification
    Radiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of: MA, NJ, and NY; and country of: Netherlands
  • Product Description
    RayStation Version 2.0.0.15 Consult instruction for use. RaySearch Laboratories AB Sveavagen 25, SE-111 34 Stockholm Sweden. support@raysearchlabs.com || RayStation is a software system designed for treatment planning and analysis of radiation therapy. The treatment plans provide treatment unit set-up parameters and estimates of dose distributions expected during the proposed treatment, and may be used to administer treatments after review and approval by the intended user. The system functionality can be configured based on user needs. The intended users of RayStation shall be clinically qualified radiation therapy staff trained in using the system.
  • Manufacturer
    RAYSEARCH LABORATORIES AB

Manufacturer

RAYSEARCH LABORATORIES AB