| Date Initiated by Firm | January 25, 2012 |
| Date Posted | April 10, 2012 |
| Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on November 07, 2012 |
| Recall Number | Z-1385-2012 |
| Recall Event ID |
61364 |
| 510(K)Number | K030534 |
| Product Classification |
Source, brachytherapy, radionuclide - Product Code KXK
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| Product | VariSeed 7.1, software application, part number H62, manufactured by Varian Medical Systems. VariSeed 7.1 is a computer based software application for planning and evaluating prostate brachytherapy procedures. |
| Code Information |
device is not coded |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 700 Harris St Ste 109 Charlottesville VA 22903-4584
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| For Additional Information Contact | Mika Miettinen 650-424-6037 |
Manufacturer Reason for Recall | Brachytherapy device requires the user to enter radioactive source activity, but software may specify unintended units for activity and lead to overdose in patient treatment. |
FDA Determined Cause 2 | Labeling design |
| Action | Varian Medical Systems notified direct account healthcare practitioners/ medical physicists with "Urgent Medical Device Correction/Urgent Field Safety Notice" letters by mail on 01/19/2012. Varian's advisory described how to mitigate user error and the firm's intentions to revise Instructions for Use. Technical Support phone numbers were provided for US and international customers. |
| Quantity in Commerce | 1377 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution |
| Total Product Life Cycle | TPLC Device Report |
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1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls. 2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall. 3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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| 510(K) Database | 510(K)s with Product Code = KXK
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