FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

LUMEX ROLLATOR

MDR report key: 755954 · Received August 17, 2006

Report

Report Number
MW1040085
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 17, 2006
Date of Event
August 7, 2006
Report Date
August 11, 2006
Manufacturer
DAN YANG JU MAO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
Product Code
ITJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 08/09/2006, A REPORT WAS CALLED IN, VIA TELEPHONE FROM A DEALER, REGARDING AN ALLEGED END-USER INCIDENT INVOLVING A LUMEX ROLLATOR. THE END-USER WAS INTERVIEWED, VIA TELEPHONE. PER THE END-USER'S ACCOUNT, SHE WAS SITTING ON HER ROLLATOR WHILE SHE WORKED IN HER GARDEN. AS SHE STOOD UP FROM HER ROLLATOR, BY USING THE HANDLES, ONE OF THE HANDLES SLIPPED DOWNWARD, CAUSING THE END-USER TO FALL ON THE CONCRETE. THE END-USER REPORTED, THAT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, SHE HAD NOTICED THAT THE KNOB THAT HOLDS THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY IN PLACE WAS LOOSE AND WOBBLY. THE END-USER ALLEGES THAT UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BOLT THAT ATTACHES TO THE KNOB WAS STRIPPED; IT IS FELT BY THE END-USER THAT THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LUMEX ROLLATOR ROLLATOR ITJ DAN YANG JU MAO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT CO., LTD RJ4600R NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 69 YR Other