Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Ergolift and Ergolift2 Floor LIfts

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Arjo, Inc..

¿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
    50756
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0933-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2008-12-08
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-01-30
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2011-01-21
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=76981
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Non-Ac-Powered Patient Lift - Product Code FSA
  • Causa
    The manufacturer, bhm medical, has received reports of structural failure of the mast during use.
  • Acción
    Arjo sent the Urgent Device Recall letter dated 12/22/08 and Field Safety Notice (FSN) dated 12/8/08 to their Ergolift customers on 12/22/08. The accounts were informed of the potential structural failure of the mast on the BHM Medical Ergolift. The letter instructed the accounts to discontinue use of the lifts immediately. Those lifts with serial numbers ERLI-0001 and ERLI-0899 will be taken out of service permanently, and will be replaced with a new device at a significant discount. Those lifts with serial numbers ERLI-0900 and ERLI-1717 will be corrected by a reinforcement kit installed by a qualified technician. The accounts were requested to complete and return to Arjo Inc. within 10 days the enclosed customer response form indicating that they have received the notification, indicating the serial numbers on hand needing correction, and whether they need any replacement lifts. The accounts will be contacted by an Arjo technician within weeks to arrange for the correction of the lifts and/or an Arjo representative for the replacement lifts.

Device

Device Recall Ergolift and Ergolift2 Floor LIfts
  • Modelo / Serial
    serial numbers ERLI-0001 through ERLI-1717, manufactured between 1995 and 1999
  • Clasificación del producto
    General Hospital and Personal Use Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Nationwide Distribution.
  • Descripción del producto
    Ergolift 400 Lbs. Floor Lift, Manufactured by BHM Medical Inc., 2001 Tanguay, Magog, QC, Canada, J1X 5Y5; model/part numbers ERGOLIFT and ERGOLIFT-2 || The equipment is intended to be used in hospitals, nursing homes, or other health care facilities by trained caregivers for the transfer of patients.
  • Manufacturer
    Arjo, Inc.

Manufacturer

Arjo, Inc.
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Arjo, Inc., 50 Gary Ave, Roselle IL 60172-1605
  • Source
    USFDA