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Corrective action of Varian High Energy and Low Energy Clinacs from Varian Medical Systems

Product group Radiotherapy / Radiation protection
Reference 03423/07

Varian Medical Systems has issued an information concerning a corrective action of Varian High Energy and Low Energy Clinacs. Due to a hardware fault the collimator drive chain may fall off or break, allowing the collimator to rotate freely. Undetected, this failure may result in a treatment with the wrong collimator angle.

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