FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HOVERMATT

MDR report key: 7921762 · Received October 1, 2018

Report

Report Number
7921762
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 1, 2018
Date of Event
August 31, 2018
Report Date
September 19, 2018
Manufacturer
D.T. DAVIS ENTERPRISES LTD.
Product Code
FRZ
UDI-DI
00816299010053
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
NH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NURSE SAID PATIENT NEEDED TO BE ON A STRETCHER AND SHOULD BE SLID OVER TO THE STRETCHER. TRANSPORTERS ROLLED PATIENT FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO PLACE THE REUSABLE HOVERMATT UNDER PATIENT. THE STRETCHER WAS PLACED ALONGSIDE THE BED. TRANSPORTERS INFLATED THE HOVERMATT AND SLOWLY SLID THE PATIENT OVER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STRETCHER. WHILE SLIDING THE HOVERMATT OVER ON TO THE STRETCHER IT SEEMED TO MEET SOME RESISTANCE IN THE SOUND OF IT'S INFLATION AND THEN GAIN IT BACK. THE PATIENT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRETCHER. TRANSPORTERS AGREED HE WAS SET ON THE STRETCHER AND MOVED TO TURN OFF CANISTER AND DEFLATE THE HOVERMATT. SUDDENLY THE PATIENT AND HOVERMATT STARTED MOVING TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE BED AND THE TOP HALF OF THE MATT WITH PATIENT SLID TO THE GROUND. PATIENTS FEET REMAINED ON THE STRETCHER. HOVERMATT REMAINED INFLATED AND PATIENT DENIES STRIKING HEAD OR ANY INJURY. HOVERMATT REMOVED FROM SERVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
765682 HOVERMATT DEVICE, PATIENT TRANSFER, POWERED FRZ D.T. DAVIS ENTERPRISES LTD. HM34HS 00816299010053

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1