Atlas FDA

Syngo RT Therapist: The intended use of the SIEMENS branded ARTISTE, ONCOR and PRIMUS family of linear accelerator syste

FDA device recall Z-1013-2015 · posted 2015-01-26 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
Reason for recall
Combination of CTVision with syngo RT Therapist / syngo RT Oncologist 4.3.SP1 automatic registration in Adaptive Targeting might result in wrong offset calculations. Applying this offset can lead to patient mistreatment. Cone Beam imaging is not affected by this problem.
Action taken
A customer advisory notice, dated January 2, 2015, was sent to end users which identified the product, problem, and action to be taken. It was recommended that customers use only manual registration with the 6 degrees of freedom option disabled, which provides the correct offset values. A software update will be deployed once a solution is available.
Root cause
Software Design Change
Status
Terminated
Product code
IYE
Quantity affected
3
Distribution
UT, WI, NY
Date initiated
2015-01-02
Date posted
2015-01-26
Date terminated
2015-09-10
Location
Malvern, PA

Monitor recalls programmatically

Recalls and clearances share one API, with change alerts when new recalls post.

Related 510(k) clearances

RecordFirmDate
ARTISTE SOLUTION, SYS_VC10C, PHASE 2 UPDATE WITH THE SYNGO RT THERAPIST & RT ONCOLOGIST WORKSPACES, V4.3.1_MR1 (K142434)Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.2014-11-21