FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ECLIPSE

MDR report key: 2475732 · Received January 31, 2012

Report

Report Number
3003793371-2008-00015
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 31, 2012
Date of Event
November 19, 2008
Report Date
November 19, 2008
Manufacturer
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
MUJ
PMA / PMN Number
K073020
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

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 SSD UPDATED WITH THE NEW PLANNED SSD. THE IN-ROOM DISPLAY IS THEN USED FOR PT 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 WAS SENT TO AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. ALL CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE REPORTED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF 21 CFR PART 806. NO FOLLOW-UP REPORTS ARE ANTICIPATED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER ASKED WHY THERE IS A DIFFERENT SSD IN MOSAIQ COMPARED TO ECLIPSE. THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO SSDS WAS EXPLAINED AND THAT THE SYSTEM WARNS THE USER WHEN THE TWO SSDS DIFFER. CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT BUT IS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE DESIGN OF ECLIPSE. NO PT INJURY REPORTED, AND NO PT 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