Events

Recall of Panthera S3 Wheelchair

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Motum Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2016-RN-01154-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-09-06
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2016-RN-01154-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, 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 Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    It has been discovered that a few castor forks were poorly assembled on the panthera s3 wheelchair. they lacked thread locking, loctite, between the fork and axle. this could in the worst case scenario, cause the axle to come loose from the fork and eventually cause a user to fall out the wheelchair. there have been no reports of injuries associated with this issue.
  • Action
    Motum is advising users that the castor forks will be replaced as a permenant correction. This action has been closed-out on 23/09/2016.

Device

Panthera S3 Wheelchair
  • Model / Serial
    Panthera S3 WheelchairSerial Numbers: 1500087, 1400567, 1200494ARTG Number: 249595
  • Manufacturer
    Motum Pty Ltd

Manufacturer

Motum Pty Ltd