Events

Recall of Otto Bock A200 Power Wheelchair, Skippi and Skippi Plus Power Wheelchairs

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH.

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
    16556
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-04-23
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Allied Medical Ltd, 29 Triton Drive, North Harbour, Auckland
  • Reason
    During the course of on-going market observations it was noticed that the complaint rate for the front caster forks on the three power wheelchairs had increased. the caster forks may in unusual circumstances break.
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

Otto Bock A200 Power Wheelchair, Skippi and Skippi Plus Power Wheelchairs
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: all batch lot numbers between June 2011 and 8 March 2013
  • Manufacturer
    Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH

Manufacturer

Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH