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Event 75296

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 13, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Varian Head Frame - Model number HHF -ALL Head Frame Posts (PN1008016 ) and Post Kits (PN1008016). The Varian Head Frame System is for use with a computed tomography scanner to perform imaging for treatment planning and a charged particle accelerator to perform immobilization of the treatment target for stereotactic radiosurgery or radiotherapy treatments on cranial lesions, tumors and conditions where radiation treatment is indicated.

Z-0077-2017
Recall number
Z-0077-2017
Initiated
September 13, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
75 devices

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Varian Medical Systems has received a report that a user was able to easily rotate the head frame posts when attached to the mounting cam on the metal head ring. There was no report of serious injury due to this issue

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Reason for recall

Varian Medical Systems has received a report that a user was able to easily rotate the head frame posts when attached to the mounting cam on the metal head ring. There was no report of serious injury due to this issue

Code information

All Head Frame Posts and Post kits

Distribution pattern

US Distribution and Internationally to 1 site in Canada, India and Morocco