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Eclipse Treatment Planning System for External Beam Radiation Therapy 16.1Recalls & reported problems

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. · Class 2

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00855141006080), received between Nov 17, 2020 and Nov 17, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Device Problem” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Use of Device Problem1

Patient problems

  • No Information1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryNov 17, 2020Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

    THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020 A PLAN THAT WAS CALCULATED IN ECLIPSE HAD AN UNEXPECTED DOSE DISTRIBUTION WITH HIGH DOSE EXTENDING OUTSIDE THE PTV AND TOWARDS THE PATIENT SKIN. THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN TREATED. THE ISSUE WAS REPRODUCIBLE AT THE CUSTOMER SITE FOR THE SAME PATIENT. THE PATIENT DATA WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE CUSTOMER SITE AND TESTED WITH VARIAN STANDARD BEAM MODEL AND ALGORITHMS, AND SAME DOSE CONSTRAINTS, BUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT REPRODUCIBLE. AFTER SOME TROUBLESHOOTING BY VARIAN SERVICE/HELPDESK, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ISSUE WAS DUE TO THE ELECTRON CALIBRATION CURVE THAT WAS INCORRECTLY DEFINED AS ABSOLUTE DENSITY, INSTEAD OF AS RELATIVE TO WATER DENSITY. NO INJURY OR DEATH WAS REPORTED.

    Patient problems: No Information

    MAUDE report 10852382 ↗

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