FDAFDA · Food and drugs·Recall number Z-2697-2017
Leksell Gamma Knife Icon is a teletherapy device intended for stereotactic irradiation of head structures ranging from very small target sizes of a few millimeters to several centimeters e.g., metastatic tumors, recurrent glioblastomas, trigeminal neuralgia, medically refractory essential tremor, orbital tumors, ocular tumors, optic nerve tumors, benign diseases (such as meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, post-surgical pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngioma, hemangioblastomas, schwannomas, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, chordomas, glomus tumors, hemangiomas), skull base tumors, head and neck tumors (such as unknown primary of the head and neck, oral cavity, hypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, sinonasal, salivary gland), and pediatric tumors (such as glioma, ependymoma, pituitary tumors, hemangioblastoma, craniopharyngioma, meningioma, metastasis, medulloblastoma, nasopharyngeal tumors, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, skull base tumors).
Published July 19, 2017 · Recall initiated: May 23, 2017
Status when published: Terminated — openFDA updates weekly, so this field may not reflect the current status. Always confirm with the official notice.
What's the hazard
If the gantry module is replaced after original installation the configuration settings may be missing. The identified risk for this issue is electrical safety for technicians doing maintenance on the X-ray generator.
What to do
Voluntary: Firm initiated · Letter
Recall details
- Manufacturer
- Elekta, Inc.
- Distributor
- US Distribution to the states of : NY and PA.
- Lot
- Serial Numbers 6018, 6047, 6090, 6094, 6171, 8018
- Risk classification
- Class II
- Area (FDA)
- device
- Country
- United States
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