FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

POWERED WHEELCHAIR

MDR report key: 2140913 · Received June 27, 2011

Report

Report Number
1525712-2011-00300
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 27, 2011
Date of Event
May 30, 2011
Manufacturer
INVACARE
Product Code
ITI
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AK, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO SERIOUS INJURY ALLEGED. MALFUNCTION ALLEGED. THE DEALER ALLEGES PINCHED WIRING AT THE BASE FRAME NEAR THE REAR CASTER CAUSED A FIRE THAT NEEDED TO BE EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE CHAIR INSIDE THE FACILITY AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. ALLEGEDLY, A THERAPIST SAW FLAMES AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE CHAIR, REMOVED THE CONSUMER WITH NO INJURY AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. FILING MDR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE DEALER ALLEGES THE WIRING WAS PINCHED AT THE BASE FRAME NEAR THE REAR CASTER, WHICH ALLEGEDLY CAUSED A FIRE THAT NEEDED TO BE EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE CONSUMER WAS OPERATING THE CHAIR AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. NO INJURY IS ALLEGED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 POWERED WHEELCHAIR 890.3860 ITI INVACARE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60