—#133681

Product

Monaco radiation therapy treatment planning system. The Monaco system is used to make treatment plans for patients with prescriptions for external beam radiation therapy. The system calculates dose for photon and electron treatment plans and displays, on-screen and in hard-copy, two or three-dimensional radiation dose distributions inside patients for given treatment plan set-ups.

FDA product code: MUJ — System, Planning, Radiation Therapy Treatment
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Radiology
510(k) numbers: K132971
Affected lot / code info: Monaco Release 3.30 and higher

Why it was recalled

Incorrect CT to ED when using the Monaco Image Statistics Tool.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Other

Action the firm took

Elekta sent an Important User Notice on December 19, 2014, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. This notice provided a workaround until new software releases. The notice included a acknowledgement form to be returned. For further questions please call (770) 300-9725

Recalling firm

Firm: Elekta, Inc.
Address: 400 Perimeter Center Ter Ne, Ste 50, Atlanta, Georgia 30346-1227

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) Distribution including Puerto Rico and to the states of : AL, AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA and WI., and to the countries of Angola, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Ecuador, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Libya, Morocco, Myanmar, Malta, Mexico, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Venezuela and South Africa.

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2014-12-19
Posted by FDA: 2015-03-02
Terminated: 2017-11-17
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #133681. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.