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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

ExacTrac 6.x. is software used to place patients at an accurately defined point within the treatment beam of a medical accelerator for stereotactic radiosurgery or radiotherapy procedures.

Z-1582-2015

March 06, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Brainlab AG
Event
Event 70951
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
25 systems (US only); 53 systems (Foreign)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1582-2015

Official wording

Reason: ExacTrac 6.x Patient Positioning System: Potentially incorrect patient positioning when using the ExacTrac Cone Beam CT (CBCT) with a CBCT acquired at a couch angle other than 0.0 degrees.

Code information: Software Versions: ExacTrac v. 6.x (v. 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5; and v. 6.1.0); Model/Catalog Numbers: 49971, CBCT IMPORT & ALIGNMENT SOFTWARE; 20836, EXACTRAC 6.0 VARIAN CBCT LICENSE; 48320, ET UPGRADE SOFTWARE 6.0 TO 6.1; 48320-99, ET UPGRADE SOFTWARE 6.0 TO 6.1 SLA; 49973B, ET DATA PREP / REVIEW SYSTEM; 49973A, ET DATA PREP / REVIEW SYSTEM; 49973, ET DATA PREP / REVIEW SYSTEM; 49998B, ET 6.0 DATA PREP/REVIEW SYSTEM UPG. KIT; 49998A, ET 6.0 DATA PREP/REVIEW SYSTEM UPG. KIT; 49998, ET 6.0 DATA PREP/REVIEW SYSTEM UPG. KIT; 48304, ET 6.1 DATA PREP/REVIEW SYSTEM UPG. KIT; 48302, ET DATA PREP / REVIEW SYSTEM

Distribution pattern: *** US: Nationwide; *** FOREIGN: Austria, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    ExacTrac 6.x Patient Positioning System: Potentially incorrect patient positioning when using the ExacTrac Cone Beam CT (CBCT) with a CBCT acquired at a couch angle other than 0.0 degrees.