Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Liko Viking Mobile Lifts

Según New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en New Zealand que fue producido por Liko AB.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    19158
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2015-10-19
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    NZMMDSA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and New Zealand.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Recalling Organisation: Universal Specialities Ltd trading as USL Medical, 494 Rosebank Road, Avondale, AUCKLAND 1026
  • Causa
    The manufacturer has received 9 complaints where the lift arm drifted down suddenly on certain viking mobile lifts. these reports have been connected to users who raise the lift arm assembly manually., the lift arm assembly is intended to only be raised by the actuator (lift motor). if the lift arm assembly is manually raised, the actuator can become damaged and get stuck in the highest position. when the actuator is stuck, the lift cannot be raised or lowered by the lift motor.
  • Acción
    Product to be modified

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Model: Viking M (2040035, 2040015, 2040005), Viking L (2040004), Viking XL or 300 (2040003), Affected: Multiple serial number ranges
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer