inforMED
InjuryIPR

CAREX

Received Dec 18, 2018

Report 3012316249-2018-00063 · MDR key 8176803

Device

Generic name

Folding Crutches

Model number

FGA99500 0000

Product problems

  • Collapse
  • Material Twisted/Bent
  • Collapse
  • Material Twisted/Bent

Patient

Not reported

  • Fall
  • Fall

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

IN (B)(6) 2017, THE USER WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN THE CRUTCHES COLLAPSED AND BENT WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING A STAIRCASE. MANUFACTURER OF DEVICE INVOLVED WITH EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO LACK OF SERIAL/LOT NUMBER INFORMATION PROVIDED.