Safety Alert for wheelchairs Breezy Parix

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Sunrise Medical Limited || Sunrise Medical (Us) Llc || Sunrise Medical Tecnologias S.A De C.V || Sunrise Medical Gmbh & Co. Kg || Zhongshan A&E Machinery Industry Co.,Ltd. || Sunrise Medical S.L...

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    I1503-128
  • Event Number
    2014DM-0011976
  • Date
    2015-03-17
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer states that medical-referenced devices may have a defect in the front wheel fork weld which could lead to connection instability, leading to potentially adverse events occurring on the patient.

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