inforMED
InjuryISA

HUMAN TOUCH, LLC

Received Jul 29, 2011 · Event occurred Nov 24, 2010

Report MW5021551 · MDR key 2188656

Device

Generic name

Zero Gravity Chair

Manufacturer

Human Touch, Llc

Product problems

  • Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem

Patient

68 YR

  • Hematoma
  • Physical Entrapment

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

LEFT LEG TRAPPED IN ZERO GRAVITY CHAIR WITH NO WAY TO ESCAPE. LEFT LEG PINNED IN BETWEEN TWO LEVERS ON A ZERO GRAVITY CHAIR. BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE CHAIR, THERE WAS NO WAY TO WITHDRAW THE LEG WITHOUT RIPPING IT OUT AND CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. VERY DANGEROUS PRODUCT - LIFE THREATENING. SAW DR (B)(6) ON (B)(6) 2010. DIAGNOSED WITH A SEVERE HEMATOMA. MY REGULAR DOCTOR IN THIS GROUP IS DR (B)(6). DR (B)(6) WAS NOT IN THE DAY I WENT IN WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT. (B)(6).