BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    GOLDEN POWER LIFT CHAIR

    MDR report key: 245005 · Received October 19, 1999

    Report

    Report Number
    MW1017341
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    October 19, 1999
    Date of Event
    October 5, 1999
    Report Date
    October 19, 1999
    Manufacturer
    GOLDEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Product Code
    FNG
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PATIENT

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IN LATE SEPTEMBER, THE TWO AND ONE HALF FOOT ELECTRIC CORD THAT CONNECTS THE MOTOR TO THE CONTROL SWITCH ON THE ARMREST SHORTED OUT, PRODUCING SPARKS. THE REPORTER HAD AN ELECTRICIAN SPLICE THE CORD BACK TOGETHER. ON 10/5/99, THE CORD BURST INTO FLAMES APPROX 10 INCHES ABOVE THE SPLICED AREA AT THE REINFORCED INSULATION. THE WAY THE CORD IS DESIGNED, PER THE REPORTER, THERE IS AN INCREASED FIRE RISK BECAUSE THE POINT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MOTOR POWER CORD AND THE EXTENSION CORD FROM THE CONTROL SWITCH IS LOCATED IN THE MAGAZINE POCKET OF THE LIFT. THE FIRE WAS SMALL AND PUT OUT BY THE PT'S SON. THE PT RECEIVED ONLY A MINOR BURN TO HIS STOMACH FROM RADIANT HEAT AND NO TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT. THE REPORTER IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED BECAUSE WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE MFR HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SWITCH IN QUESTION HAD BEEN REDESIGNED AND REPLACED IN "ALL" LIFTS TWO YEARS AGO. SINCE HE HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE REPLACEMENT HE "FIGURES OTHER PEOPLE DON'T KNOW EITHER" AND THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEM.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 GOLDEN POWER LIFT CHAIR POWER LIFT CHAIR FNG GOLDEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. UNK NA

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 58 YR