FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ONCOR IMPRESSION PLUS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2501297 · Received March 19, 2012

Report

Report Number
2910081-2012-00020
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 19, 2012
Date of Event
February 13, 2012
Report Date
February 17, 2012
Manufacturer
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. - RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Product Code
IYE
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NE, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SIEMENS BECAME AWARE OF THE REPORTED INCIDENT ON (B)(4) 2012. SIEMENS INVESTIGATION INTO THE REPORTED INCIDENT REVEALS THAT SIEMENS LINAC AND RTT SYSTEMS WORKS AS SPECIFIED. HOWEVER, INVESTIGATION OF DMIP LOG (B)(6) 2012, FOR THE PT ALSO REVEALS THAT THE TREATMENT BEAMS THAT WERE SELECTED IN AUTO SEQUENCE HAVE DIFFERENT PLANNED TABLE VALUES. THESE DIFFERENT TABLE VALUES IN THE TREATMENT PLAN CAUSED THE UNEXPECTED TABLE MOVEMENT. THE USE MANUAL CONTAINS A WARNING ABOUT OVERRIDING OUT-OF-TOLERANCE PARAMETERS AND ASKS THE USER TO ALWAYS MONITOR THE DELIVERY OF A FRACTION GROUP THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE BEAM CAREFULLY. THE TABLE POSITION IS DISPLAYED AT THE USER INTERFACE. IT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW BEFORE AND DURING THE TABLE MOVEMENT UNTIL IT HAS REACHED ITS TARGET POSITION. THUS, THE USER IS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE UNINTENDED TABLE MOVEMENTS IN ADVANCE, EVEN IF THESE ARE SMALL. THERE ARE BUTTONS INSTALLED FOR EMERGENCY POWER OFF, WHICH MAY BE USED TO STOP TREATMENT AND ALL MOVEMENT. THE CUSTOMER PURCHASED THE MOSAIQ SYSTEM FOR A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT PROVIDED MOSAIQ TRAINING ON COUCH VALUES TO RADIATION THERAPISTS AND DOSIMETRISTS AT THE CUSTOMER SITE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SIEMENS WAS NOTIFIED ON (B)(4) 2012 THAT THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED TABLE MOVEMENT, AND THAT THE TABLE HAD AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN IN TOWARD THE GANTRY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION. REPORTEDLY, THE CUSTOMER STATED, "THE CLINICAL RESULT OF THIS IS THAT THE COUCH MOVED IN TOWARDS THE GANTRY 50 CM, AND INSTEAD OF TREATING THEIR INTENDED SITE (HEAD AND NECK), THEY DELIVERED 155 CGY TO THE PT'S SMALL INTESTINE." THERE IS NO INFO AS TO THE PT'S STATUS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ONCOR IMPRESSION PLUS SYSTEM ACCELERATOR, LINEAR, MEDICAL IYE SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. - RADIATION ONCOLOGY 05857912 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other SWV 4.2 108, 56302| MOSAIQ SWV 2.2| RTT