FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ECLIPSE

MDR report key: 1881425 · Received October 19, 2010

Report

Report Number
3003793371-2010-00030
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 19, 2010
Date of Event
September 23, 2010
Report Date
September 23, 2010
Manufacturer
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
MUJ
PMA / PMN Number
K073020
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHEN A PLAN REVISION IS CREATED AND THE SSD (SOURCE SURFACE DISTANCE) IS CHANGED, AND THE REVISED PLAN IS APPROVED VIA RT CHART, THE ACTUAL SSD VS. PLANNED SSD IS NOT DISPLAYED TO THE USER DURING APPROVAL, NOR IS THE IN-ROOM DISPLAY SSD UPDATED WITH THE NEW PLANNED SSD. THE IN-ROOM DISPLAY IS THEN USED FOR PATIENT TREATMENT SET-UP AT DIFFERENT DISTANCE THAN CALCULATED. THIS SCENARIO COULD RESULT IN A TREATMENT OVERDOSE OR UNDER DOSE, DEPENDENT UPON THE PLANNED VS. TREATED DISTANCE. A PRODUCT NOTIFICATION LETTER WILL BE SENT TO AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. ALL CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE REPORTED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF 21 CFR PART 806. NO FOLLOW-UP REPORTS ARE ANTICIPATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER WAS APPROVING A PLAN AND NOTICED THAT THE PLANNED SSD DID NOT AGREE WITH THE ACTUAL SSD. IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT THE PLAN WAS COPIED FROM A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN AND THE GANTRY ANGLE WAS CHANGED. CUSTOMER DOES NOT LIKE THIS FUNCTIONALITY AND REQUESTED A COMPLAINT BE LODGED. THE WORK AROUND IS TO ENSURE THE PLANNED SSD MATCHES THE ACTUAL SSD. CUSTOMER FEELS THAT THIS SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY BE DONE. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED, AND NO PATIENT DATA PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ECLIPSE TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM MUJ VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS H48

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1