Recall Record

Atlanta, GA, United States

Elekta, Inc. recalls

41 recalls recorded since 2018, most recently on 21 May 2026. 23 are listed as ongoing. Status and classification are as published by the FDA.

Recalls41
Ongoing (FDA)23
Terminated or completed18
Class I (FDA)0

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
21 May 2026
Reason
Software may fail to load adapted baseline shift plan during treatment delivery when a communication error occurs.
Distribution
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution in the states of WI, FL, LA, NY, NY, NJ, KS, FL, IA, NM, TX and the countries of Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Spain, Sweden,
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2406-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 April 2026
Reason
Due to safety concerns regarding the detachment of the tip of the intrauterine tube (IU tube) that may remain within a patient.
Distribution
Worldwide - U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WI, and WV. The countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivi
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2710-2026, Z-2711-2026, Z-2712-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
19 March 2026
Reason
Locking mechanisms may not properly secure to the Arc system, resulting in shifting of coordinates during procedures.
Distribution
US: AR AZ CA CO DC FL GA ID IL KS MA MD ME MO MT NC NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK PA SC TX UT VA WA WI WV OUS: Algeria Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Israel Italy Japan Korea, Repub
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2006-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
18 February 2026
Reason
Due to adapter not being properly aligned or locked in place.
Distribution
Worldwide - U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. The countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Braz
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1581-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
14 December 2025
Reason
Due to a manufacturing issue and electrical grounding of systems.
Distribution
Worldwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1164-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
12 December 2025
Reason
Due to an error when defining a new stereotactic reference that users fail to first change an already defined obsolete reference to a pre-plan reference. This may result in a treatment plan that potentially irradiates the incorrect patient location if the error is not detected by users.
Distribution
Worldwide - U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AZ, CA, CO, ST, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, LA, MA, MI, MN. MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. The countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chin
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-1340-2026, Z-1339-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
10 December 2025
Reason
Using oncology information system that manages workflow may result in overtreatment if:Plan delivered with Particle Therapy IHE-RO TDW-II interface,With one field per fraction or last field partial treatment,Partial treatment occurs followed by treatment field interruptions with manually recorded partial treatment,Then treatment unit doesn't check meterset value so partial treatment delivered twice
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution in the state of TX.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1078-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
30 September 2025
Reason
Due to increased risk that paint flakes from the engravings may separate from the device and there is the possibility that the flake may inadvertently enter the wound
Distribution
Worldwide - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AR, CA, CO, FL, ID, IL, LA, MA, MI, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI, and WV. The countries of Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Fr
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0433-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
15 January 2025
Reason
Image offsets calculated by oncology Information System software may be incorrect for Linear Accelerator (LINACs) not characterized at IEC61217 scale.
Distribution
US: PA, AL, FL, IA UT OUS: Austria Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegowina Brazil Canada France Germany Hong Kong Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Malta Netherlands Panama South Africa Spain Taiwan Thailand Turkey Venezuela
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1162-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
25 October 2023
Reason
Elekta has identified that if the microswitch within the middle arm is incorrectly setup, there is a potential for an uncontrolled extension of iViewGT / XVI detector arms. When the detector arm is fully deployed there is no risk of uncontrolled extension.
Distribution
worldwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0446-2024, Z-0444-2024, Z-0445-2024, Z-0447-2024, Z-0443-2024, Z-0442-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
5 May 2023
Reason
A component within a limited number of Elekta Linacs has been realized to be non-compliant to IEC 60601
Distribution
Worldwide distribution. US distribution to AR, IN, LA, OK, TN, VA, WA. International distribution to Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1665-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
6 April 2023
Reason
There is a low possibility that an electrical connector in the MR gradient coil will overheat on Elekta Unity systems.
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution in the states of FL, IA, NJ, NY, OK, PA, TN, WI, MI, LA, KS, NM and TX.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1675-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
28 February 2023
Reason
Re-optimization, after adding contours without forced density outside the external structure, may result in inaccurate dose presentation.
Distribution
Nationwide distribution in the US. International distribution to Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus,
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1233-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
5 December 2022
Reason
A reconstruction error may occur when using the Catheter Bending functionality in Applicator Modeling or Implant Modeling
Distribution
Distribution US nationwide, including Puerto Rico. There was no military/government distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0719-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
13 October 2021
Reason
Under certain circumstances, there can be a difference between the planned and delivered dose of the two ovoid channels.
Distribution
Distribution throughout USA OUS distribution including:Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, German
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0182-2022

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
17 September 2021
Terminated
30 September 2024
Reason
There is a risk that the Diode D1 in the Modulator can fail in a destructive manner when removed from the machine, and that the protective tube surrounding the diode may fail to contain the ejected matter.
Distribution
Distributed nationwide to FL, NC, OH, CA, IL, MD, OR, AL, NY, PA, MA, AK, GA, OR, KY, VA, TX, SD, AZ, NJ, MI, WI, ND, MO, WA, OK, PR, NM, NC, ID, CT, DE, LA, MT, TN, CO, UT, MN, IN, RI, IA, DC, ND, AZ, HI, KS, NE, NH, AR, WY, WV, MS, VT and internationally to Albania, Antigua/Barbuda, Algeria, Arge
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0116-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
14 September 2021
Reason
Contour changes can be saved on an unintended image set. In addition, these contour edits do not cause the dose to be frozen on the plans associated with that image set.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of PA, MI, WI, NY, TN, NJ, IA, TX and the countries of United Kingdom, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Netherlands, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Denmark, China, Canada, Belgium, Bahrain, Australia.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2563-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
2 September 2021
Reason
A drug strength in MOSAIQ can be changed during the ordering process and approved, but the saved drug strength reverts to the original value.
Distribution
Distribution was made to CA, CO, FL, ID, LA, MO, MS, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, and WA. There was no military/government distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2591-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
26 July 2021
Reason
If a couch is removed while a plan is loaded, and then added back to the Studyset when the plan is unloaded, it is possible to calculate dose with the couch unassigned to the beams.
Distribution
Distribution in US - IA, NJ, NY, TN, PA, TX, and WI OUS distribution in Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and United Kingdom
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2406-2021

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
20 April 2021
Terminated
17 January 2023
Reason
Malware attack
Distribution
Nationwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1783-2021

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
21 May 2020
Terminated
19 August 2024
Reason
In TSM (Treatment Session Manager) Motion Monitoring workflows, under certain conditions there can be a mismatch between the contour data overlay with respect to the motion monitoring images of the monitored structure.
Distribution
US distribution to IA, NY, PA, TX, WI. International distribution to Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2297-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
30 April 2020
Terminated
4 August 2021
Reason
potential risk that Legionella may be present in the Unity machine room, specifically the heat exchanger condensation collection tray.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of PA, WI, NY, TN, NJ, IA, TX, and the countries of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2289-2020

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
16 April 2020
Reason
The Monaco RTP Radiation Treatment Planning System may change the shape and volume of the contour potentially resulting in the device delivering an inaccurate dose.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide Distribution in the states of IA, NJ, NY, PA, TX, WI and the countries of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1825-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
30 March 2020
Terminated
10 April 2024
Reason
A faulty locking piece of the Instrument Carrier that does not fulfil the requirement of locking force to the Arc has been found during an internal check of a Leksell Vantage Stereotactic Arc System.
Distribution
US nationwide distributions in the states of MA, NH, NC, UT, OH, FL, MN, NY, LA and MT.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1826-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
18 December 2019
Terminated
15 June 2021
Reason
There have been reports of excessive heating in the MRL Gradient Connection Module.
Distribution
Distributed in US - PA, NY, and IA. Distributed ROW - Australia, Canada, China, Switzerland, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK. There was no government/military distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2473-2020

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
22 November 2019
Reason
Monaco is using the incorrect energy when optimizing and calculating dose.
Distribution
IA, IN, NY, OH, TX, WI. Internationally distributed to: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0670-2020

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
4 September 2019
Reason
It is possible that the forced electron density settings will be changed for some structures unintentionally and this can result in incorrect dose calculation.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of WI, OH, NY, OH, IN, IA, TX, and countries of Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, UK
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2561-2019, Z-2560-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
23 August 2019
Terminated
28 June 2024
Reason
Monaco is displaying the Anatomy and Beam shift direction incorrectly on the Monaco Scan and Setup Reference Report and is DICOM exporting incorrect (Anatomy/Beam) shift directions.
Distribution
Distribution within the US to Ohio and Indiana. International distribution to Germany, Greece, Sweden.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2409-2019

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 July 2019
Reason
When creating 3D plans using either MU or Dose weighting modes, if the user changes the number of fractions, rescales the plan and then changes the wedge angle, the Monitor Units are scaled incorrectly.
Distribution
worldwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2091-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
24 June 2019
Terminated
1 April 2021
Reason
The QA software solution to perform the MR to MV alignment check, does not display the stored MR to MV offset values. The user is unable to independently inspect the values during their QA.
Distribution
US Distribution to states of: TX & WI, and Internationally to: Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1980-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
19 June 2019
Terminated
6 May 2024
Reason
Potential for iGUIDE to incorrectly monitor the 3D position.
Distribution
Nationwide distribution to AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI. Worldwide distribution to Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, C
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2230-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 April 2019
Terminated
1 May 2023
Reason
There is no warning in the Elekta Unity manual for the administration of gadolinium-based or other contrast agents for imaging or image guidance purposes has not been validated.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of Texas and Wisconsin. Distribution internationally to Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1297-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
12 March 2019
Terminated
3 November 2023
Reason
Users need to be aware when using these protocols for daily on line plan adaptation that: 1) The images acquired using these protocols do not represent the average position of the anatomy during the respiratory motion cycle. The images are based on data acquired around full expiration. 2) The display of the images in the Elekta Unity Application software does not provide information about the protocol used to acquire the image eg. with or without respiratory triggering. Users must select an appropriate scan protocol that is representative of the respiratory phase used in the reference plan.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of TX, NY, WI, and Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1109-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
8 February 2019
Terminated
19 August 2024
Reason
If Improve Target Dose was chosen as an optimization model in a previous treatment session, Monaco¿ will automatically use this optimization model again when proceeding with the online plan adaptation of a completion plan when it should not.
Distribution
Domestic distribution to Wisconsin, Texas. International distribution to Denmark, England, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0965-2019

Completed Class II Medical devices

Recall started
4 January 2019
Reason
In rare circumstances, due to reasons such as inadequate hospital facility maintenance, water leakage, and weakening of speaker fixings during the lifetime of the system, the speakers can become dislodged and be pulled into the bore.
Distribution
TX and WI, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0706-2019

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
13 December 2018
Reason
There is a potential that Wedge IDs were not included in the DICOM RT PLAN sent from the TPS, which will cause the field in MOSAIQ to be created with no wedge. Treatment of a field without the planned wedge will receive more dose than the treatment plan indicates.
Distribution
U.S. Nationwide distribution to the following states AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0821-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
4 December 2018
Terminated
23 February 2026
Reason
If a Setup field (CT, kV, MV or MVCT) is created by COPYING a treatment field or another setup field, then the copied field will have the same isocenter as the parent and that isocenter may not be the correct isocenter for imaging when it is sent to the machine.
Distribution
Distributed in the United States and outside of the Unites States: Algeria; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Australia; Belgium; Botswana; Brazil; Canada; China; Colombia; Denmark; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Latvia; Lebanon; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Myan
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0686-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 August 2018
Terminated
23 September 2024
Reason
Order Status Remains Approved When Should Indicate Complete.
Distribution
AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, WA, WI, WV, and WY Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2917-2018

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
16 May 2018
Terminated
30 October 2020
Reason
Upon completion of a 6D workflow, the HexaPOD evo Module may be in a tilted state if it is moved to the position used for 3D (non-iGUIDE) treatments resulting in incorrect patient positioning.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution of the device was made nationwide. There was government distribution but no military distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Canada, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Repu
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2535-2018

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
1 December 2017
Terminated
5 November 2019
Reason
There is a potential for an uncontrolled extension of iViewGT / XVI detector arms.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2840-2018

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
20 November 2017
Terminated
15 March 2024
Reason
Potential for positional errors following automatic table movement (ATM).
Distribution
Distributed domestically to AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. Distributed internationally to ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGEN
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0724-2018, Z-0723-2018

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