Events

Recall of Sunrise Wheelchair Back Rest Bracket

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Sunrise Medical Inc.

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
    20413
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-07-21
  • 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: Ebos Group Ltd, 14-18 Lovell Court, Rosedale, Auckland 0632
  • Reason
    It is possible that, over time and under some end user loading conditions, the backrest brackets may break and detach from the chair frame. this applies only to the quickie q7 manufactured prior to november 27 2013.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

Sunrise Wheelchair Back Rest Bracket
  • Model / Serial
    Model: Quickie Q7 Wheelchair Model ER14, Affected: R4-007239 - R4-022394
  • Manufacturer
    Sunrise Medical Inc

Manufacturer

Sunrise Medical Inc