ARMEDICA HI-LO TREATMENT TABLE
Received Apr 6, 2015 · Event occurred Jan 23, 2015
Report 1649977-2015-00001 · MDR key 4663603
Device
Generic name
Hi-lo Treatment Table
Manufacturer
Armedica Mfg CorpModel number
AM-BA300Catalog number
AM-BA300
Product problems
- Insufficient Device Problem Information
Patient
Not reported
- Physical Entrapment
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
CLINICIAN STATES THAT THEIR CLIENT WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR NEXT TO THE DEVICE AND INADVERTENTLY RESTED HER FOOT ON THE ELEVATION CONTROL OF THE TABLE, CAUSING THE TABLE TOP FRAME TO LOWER. THE PATIENT'S LEG BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE TOP FRAME OF THE TABLE AND MOTOR CONTROL, AND THE CLINICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE DEVICE IN TIME TO PREVENT INJURY TO THE PATIENT'S LEG.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
ALTHOUGH WE SUGGESTED THAT AN ARMEDICA REPRESENTATIVE VISIT THEIR FACILITY AND EXAMINE ALL THE ARMEDICA TABLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSURING THEY WERE SAFE AND OPERATING PROPERLY, THE FACILITY DECLINED AND SAID THEY WERE CONFIDENT THEY HAD NOW PROPERLY SERVICED THE TABLES AND WOULD NOT HAVE ANY MORE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.