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Event 71117

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 23, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Philips Medical Systems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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Pinnacle3 Software Version 10.0, Model 459800200841. Product Usage: The Pinnacle 3 RTP software allows qualified medical professionals to enter patient data into the system, use that data to construct a plan for radiation therapy and evaluate the plan. Optionally, the qualified medical personnel may output the plan in an electronic or printed form for use by other systems in the delivery of treatment to a patient.

Z-1643-2015
Recall number
Z-1643-2015
Initiated
April 23, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
4

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
software version 10.0 that, if it were to re-occur, could

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Reason for recall

A problem (the dose computed in planning mode is calculated incorrectly ) has been detected in the Philips Pinnacle3 software version 10.0 that, if it were to re-occur, could pose a risk for patients or users. Specifically, the dose engine is being passed the wrong snout position. The snout position is used to determine the penumbra of the beam which includes the calculation of the source si

Code information

"System Code S/N" 1439NML05A, 1117FMM025, DC090775040, 1117FMM03J.

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of MO, FL, OH

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