FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

P-600 PORTABLE CEILING LIFT

MDR report key: 4436128 · Received September 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
4436128
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 23, 2014
Date of Event
August 9, 2014
Report Date
August 18, 2014
Manufacturer
PRISM MEDICAL SERVICES USA
Product Code
FNG
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MT, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PATIENT WAS ATTACHED TO A REPOSITIONING SLING WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO A CEILING MOUNTED PATIENT LIFT.THE UP BUTTON WAS PUSHED ON THE PENDANT CONTROL OF THE LIFT.THE LIFT BEGAN TO RISE AND, WHILE IN THE PROCESS, THE PNEUMATIC TUBING FROM THE PENDANT CONTROL BECAME LODGED UNDER THE STRAP FROM THE PATIENT SLING.WHEN THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE PATIENT WAS ON THE STRAP, IT PINCHED OFF THE PNEUMATIC TUBING FROM THE PENDANT CONTROL, CAUSING THE LIFT TO CONTINUE TO RISE EVEN AFTER THE BUTTON WAS RELEASED.CLINICAL STAFF WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE EMERGENCY STOP DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE LIFT.THE LIFT CONTINUED TO RISE UNTIL IT REACHED ITS UPPER LIMIT STOP.THE LIFT TRAVELING FURTHER THAN INTENDED CAUSED THE PATIENT TO FLIP COMPLETELY OVER RATHER THAN THE DESIRED REPOSITION.MANUFACTURER MADE A SITE VISIT AND IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE INCIDENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
592808 P-600 PORTABLE CEILING LIFT LIFT, PATIENT FNG PRISM MEDICAL SERVICES USA P-600 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * P-600| CEILING MOUNT PATIENT LIFT. PRISM MEDICAL, MODEL