BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    ADJUSTABLE CANE

    MDR report key: 67380 · Received February 4, 1997

    Report

    Report Number
    1525712-1997-00004
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    February 4, 1997
    Date of Event
    November 23, 1996
    Report Date
    January 28, 1997
    Manufacturer
    INVACARE CORPORATION
    Product Code
    IPS
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    OH, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    AN ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT A PT WAS USING QUAD CANE TO HELP HER RISE FROM CHAIR WHEN THE CANE SNAPPED, CAUSING HER TO FALL. PT ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED FRACTURED SPINE AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED. EVALUATION OF THE CANE HAS NOT YET BEEN PERMITTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ADJUSTABLE CANE CANE IPS INVACARE CORPORATION * NA

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNKNOWN Death