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Brainlab Ltd.

36 recall(s) on record — most severe on record: Class I.

Recalls by year

FDA actions on record by year2013: 4 recalls; 2014: 6 recalls; 2015: 8 recalls; 2016: 2 recalls; 2017: 3 recalls; 2018: 1 recalls; 2019: 3 recalls; 2020: 3 recalls; 2021: 2 recalls; 2022: 1 recalls; 2023: 2 recalls; 2025: 1 recalls4’136’148’152’163’171’183’193’202’211’222’23’241’25’26
  • Recalls (36)

Registered facilities (1)

Recalls & enforcement

20251 record
  • Class IIOngoing2025-02-10
    Under certain circumstances, it can occur that patient records from unrelated individuals are automatically merged into one patient record without user notification.
20232 records
  • Class IIOngoing2023-03-02
    Risk of mechanical instability due to potential manufacturing error of the device
  • Class IIOngoing2023-02-14
    Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) functionality may not work as specified when based on a standard-workflow Treatment Template
20221 record
20212 records
  • Class IITerminated2021-05-14
    Display of potential patient movement might be delayed to the user for high dose treatments.
  • Class IITerminated2021-03-01
    In case of a failed automatic marker detection, a software error causes parts of the display to incorrectly behave as if the current patient position is within predefined tolerances and may allow the user to proceed to treatment despite potentially exceeding shift values.
20203 records
20193 records
  • Class IITerminated2019-09-25
    The Brainlab Patient Data Manager software (PDM) in combination with the Brainlab iPlan CMF/Cranial/ENT/Spine software 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.5.0, 2.5.1 (if used in combination with iPlan CMF/Cranial/ENT/Spine 3.0.5, 3.0.6) that may lead to shifts applied to …
  • Class IITerminated2019-03-11
    There is a potential for an incorrect dose distribution calculation by Brainlab RT Elements software (for affected versions) under specific circumstances when using the Pencil Beam algorithm on the GPU (graphics card), as is the default system setting.
  • Class ITerminated2019-02-27
    In certain occurrences, the affected navigation software application might unexpectedly display a navigated instrument in an axial, coronal/sagittal (ACS) view representation with fixed planes in the image reconstruction (the not-updated ACS view ), instead of displaying the des…
20181 record
  • Class IITerminated2018-02-14
    The usage of workflows that deviate from the recommended specifications in the User manual for ExacTrac Patient Positioning System (versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5) with Auxiliary Device Interface (ADI) and Varian Clinac or Varian TrueBeam, which may result in misinterpretation of be…
20173 records
  • Class IITerminated2017-11-16
    Due to a human error at a supplier, an unknown number of devices within one specific production lot of Brainlab DrapeLink Adapters (Left/Right) were not manufactured according to defined specifications.
  • Class IITerminated2017-11-03
    Brainlab has internally detected that under specific conditions ExacTrac Vero may not correctly account for this ring angle correction during the calculation of the corresponding couch shift. This may result in the treatment couch not moving to the exact planned position resulti…
  • Class IITerminated2017-07-28
    Risk of unintended motion while the AIRO system is in transport mode.
20162 records
  • Class IITerminated2016-10-27
    Brainlab Knee Navigation System: Femoral and Tibial Cutting Block Adapter Base with specific serial numbers might contain parts made from incorrect material and therefore not be suitable for reprocessing
  • Class IITerminated2016-05-04
    Potentially incorrect positioning when using Implanted Marker Detection with Brainlab ExacTrac Vero 3.5
20158 records
  • Class IITerminated2015-11-05
    Large objects with fine resolution are potentially displayed cropped when imported into Adaptive Hybrid Surgery Analysis version 1.0.0
  • Class IITerminated2015-09-21
    Potentially incorrectly displayed objects when actively deselecting a fused reference dataset.
  • Class IITerminated2015-08-18
    Disposable Reflective Marker Spheres (DRMS) for Brainlab Image Guided Surgery (IGS) Systems: DRMS spheres may separate at the mid-point where the two halves of the sphere are sealed together.
  • Class IITerminated2015-08-05
    ExacTrac 6.0 Patient Positioning System: Display of potentially incorrect Digitally Reconstructed Radiograph (DRR) for x-ray correction and verification.
  • Class IITerminated2015-05-08
    Instances of data sets not being accurately registered to the patient anatomy were observed.
  • Class IITerminated2015-03-06
    ExacTrac 6.x Patient Positioning System: Potentially incorrect patient positioning when using the ExacTrac Cone Beam CT (CBCT) with a CBCT acquired at a couch angle other than 0.0 degrees.
  • Class IITerminated2015-02-16
    The ExacTrac 6.x Patient Positioning System may incorrectly position the patient when using the ExacTrac Cone Beam CT (CBCT) with a TrueBeam-specific optional subvolume-CBCT.
  • Class IITerminated2015-01-16
    The recommended sterilization and drying parameters are not effective to achieve the minimum required sterilization level.
20146 records
  • Class IITerminated2014-11-19
    iPlan RT Radiation Treatment Planning Software: Potentially incorrect patient positioning when using multiple localized CT image data sets.
  • Class IITerminated2014-06-27
    The following defects have been identified for data loaded with Patient Data Manager version 2.0 (including subversions 2.0.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2): 1) When loading non-square pixel image data with PDM 2.0, the data set is not correctly transferred and displayed in the correspondin…
  • Class IITerminated2014-06-24
    When using multiple isocenters (radiation treatment targets) within a single plan, in certain workflow conditions ExacTrac v.6.0.4 might move the patient to an unintended isocenter position, despite displaying the green "OK" icon. If this anomaly occurs and is not detected by the…
  • Class IITerminated2014-05-21
    Brainlab Navigation Software Spine & Trauma 3D 2.0/2.1 offers automatic registration of intraoperatively acquired CT image data sets. To enable automatic registration, the software requires the gantry position of the scanner. The gantry position can either be entered manu…
  • Class IITerminated2014-04-15
    When using a specific plan update workflow in combination with a non-Brainlab treatment planning system (TPS), there is a possibility in ExacTrac 5.5.5 to generate an unintended blend of two initially separate plans of the same patient.
  • Class IITerminated2014-02-24
    When using multiple radiation treatment targets within a single plan, the ExacTrac v.6.0.3 might position the patient to an unintended radiation treatment point. As a result, there is a possibility that the radiation treatment dose may be delivered to the unintended target posit…
20134 records
  • Class IITerminated2013-11-18
    The "fluoro match registration" function of the Navigation Software Spine & Trauma 3D 2.0 allows the user to intraoperatively match e.g., CT data sets to the current patient anatomy visible on fluoroscopic images, used by the navigation software during spinal surgeries to display…
  • Class IITerminated2013-11-15
    Brainlab has determined that pins of thee Instrument Star Unit ML (Calibration with ICM4) with specific serial numbers might have been made of an incorrect material that is not suitable for the necessary disinfection and sterilization of the product. If corrosion occurs and is no…
  • Class IITerminated2013-07-16
    The Frameless SRS QA Target Pointer - Pointer Cap with the engraved cross hairs may become loose even when only a moderate force is applied to the Pointer Cap.
  • Class ITerminated2013-04-22
    Software Error: The effect of setup on overall navigation accuracy could potentially intensify small inaccuracies arising from individual steps of a complex navigation procedure that may cause an inaccurate display of instruments by the navigation system compared to the actual pa…

Source: U.S. FDA via openFDA (opens in a new tab) (device registration & enforcement). Data as of 2026-10-06. We restate the public record only — measured facts, never risk verdicts.

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RegWarden. “Brainlab Ltd. — FDA compliance profile.” Compiled from U.S. FDA public records (openFDA; FDA Data Dashboard). Data as of 2026-10-06. https://regwarden.com/company/oo-9074705-brainlab-ltd/

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