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Event 67926

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 15, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Brainlab AG

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • 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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ExacTrac 5.5, an Image Processing System used for patient positioning for radiation therapy or radiosurgery.

Z-1707-2014
Recall number
Z-1707-2014
Initiated
April 15, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Brainlab AG
Quantity
40 systems (worldwide)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
When using a specific plan update workflow in combination with a non-Brainlab treatment planning system (TPS), there is a possibility in ExacTrac 5.5.5 to generate an unintended blend of two initially separate plans of the same patient.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

When using a specific plan update workflow in combination with a non-Brainlab treatment planning system (TPS), there is a possibility in ExacTrac 5.5.5 to generate an unintended blend of two initially separate plans of the same patient.

Code information

ExacTrac software version 5.5.5 is included in the following model / catalog numbers: 1) 20818B ET SOFTWARE 5.5.5; 2) 20820 ET SOFTWARE UPDATE 5.0 TO 5.5; 3) 49905D EXACTRAC COMPLETE SYSTEM UPG 3.X TO 5.5; 4) 49908C EXACTRAC SOFTWARE UPGRADE 3.X TO 5.5; 5) 49909A EXACTRAC SOFTWARE UPGRADE 4.X TO 5.5; 6) 49918 ET SOFTWARE UPDATE 5.5.X TO 5.5.5; 7) 49919 ET SOFTWARE UPDATE 5.0.X TO 5.5.5; 8) 49660A ET INFRARED SOFTWARE 5.5.5; 9) 49961 ET DATA PREP/REVIEW SYSTEM; 10) 49986 ET SYSTEM UPGRADE 3.X TO 5.5 NEW VAULT; 11) 49987 ET SYSTEM UPGRADE 4.X TO 5.5 NEW VAULT; 12) 49988 ET SYSTEM UPGRADE 4.X TO 5.5 SAME VAULT; 13) 49989 ET SYSTEM UPGRADE 5.0 TO 5.5 NEW VAULT; 14) 49990 ET SYSTEM UPGRADE 5.0 TO 5.5 SAME VAULT; 15) 49991 ET SYSTEM UPGRADE 5.5 TO 5.5 NEW VAULT

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AZ, AR, CA, FL, KY, MA, NE, NY, TN, TX and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Finland, India, Japan, Netherlands, Oman, Russia, and Taiwan

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