FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ZRA

MDR report key: 8137921 · Received December 6, 2018

Report

Report Number
3032618-2018-00010
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 6, 2018
Report Date
December 6, 2018
Manufacturer
TISPORT, LLC
Product Code
IOR
PMA / PMN Number
K990358
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

WE REVIEWED THE DHR FOR THIS CHAIR, AND IT PASSED ALL APPLICABLE QUALITY TESTS AND CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS, AND MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS AS ORDERED WHEN IT LEFT THE FACILITY. IN DISCUSSING THE SERIES OF EVENTS WITH THE END USER, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE BOLT THAT DISASSEMBLED HAD BEEN RECENTLY REMOVED AND REASSEMBLED DUE TO MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE CASTER BEARINGS BY AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN. NO COMPANY NAME WAS PROVIDED FOR THIS TECHNICIAN, JUST HIS NAME AND THAT HE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD ACCOUNTS THAT ALLOWED HIM TO GET PARTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE END USER CLAIMS THAT FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE TO HER CASTERS FROM AN INDEPENDENT 3RD-PARTY, SHE WAS USING HER WHEELCHAIR WHEN A BOLT DISASSEMBLED FROM THE FRONT CASTER, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO FALL OFF WITHOUT HER NOTICING. SHE CLAIMS THE ABRUPT STOP RESULTING FROM HER CASTER FORK CONTACTING THE GROUND CAUSED HER TO FALL FROM THE CHAIR AND BREAK HER FEMUR. THE INJURY REQUIRED SURGERY AND IMPLANTS. THE LATEST COMMUNICATION WITH THE CUSTOMER INDICATES SHE IS RECOVERING AND IN GOOD HEALTH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
980212 ZRA WHEELCHAIR IOR TISPORT, LLC ZRA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization