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Health product recall

Eclipse TSP v.13, 13.5 and 13.6 (2016-02-11)

Starting date:
February 11, 2016
Posting date:
June 5, 2017
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-63454

Affected Products

A. Eclipse TSP v.13
B. Eclipse TSP v. 13.5
C. Eclipse TPS version 13.6

Reason

An anomaly was identified with Eclipse Treatment Planning System using pencil beam convolution (PBC) 11.0.31 to compute a conventional arc dose distribution. When using PBC 11.0.31 to calculate the dose for a conventional arc field with more than 100 segments with eclipse versions 11.0, 13.0, 13.5 or 13.6, the displayed dose does not correspond to the calculated monitor units. All affected devices in Canada are at version 11.0

Affected products

A. Eclipse TSP v.13

Lot or serial number

Not Applicable

Model or catalog number

TPC001001001

Companies
Manufacturer
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
3100 Hansen Way
Palo Alto
94304
California
UNITED STATES

B. Eclipse TSP v. 13.5

Lot or serial number

Not Applicable

Model or catalog number

VERSION 13

Companies
Manufacturer
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
3100 Hansen Way
Palo Alto
94304
California
UNITED STATES

C. Eclipse TPS version 13.6

Lot or serial number

Not Applicable

Model or catalog number

VERSION 13.5

Companies
Manufacturer
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
3100 Hansen Way
Palo Alto
94304
California
UNITED STATES