Electric Wheelchair bases: a) C300 b) C350 c) C400 d) C500
Medical device recall Z-0006-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 11, 2017.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 11, 2017. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 146 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
There is a potential failure of the top plate assembly, which is the component that connects the seating system of the wheelchair to the base.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Electric Wheelchair bases: a) C300 b) C350 c) C400 d) C500
146 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
a) C300, Serial Numbers: DOMESTIC: 43506329 43702293 43702295 2597000093 2597000105 2597000120 INTERNATIONAL: 43507565 43507903 43507955 43508148 43601189 43703638 43704109 43704250 43704286 43704299 43704314 43704322 43704323 43704324…
Every code shown here, 1,535 characters
a) C300, Serial Numbers: DOMESTIC: 43506329 43702293 43702295 2597000093 2597000105 2597000120 INTERNATIONAL: 43507565 43507903 43507955 43508148 43601189 43703638 43704109 43704250 43704286 43704299 43704314 43704322 43704323 43704324 43704405 460001307 461000015 461000016 461000034 461000040 461000051 461000061 461000080 461000088 461000105 461000106 461000107 461000108 461000109 461000156 461000165 461000191 461000192 461000196 461000202 461000231 b) C350, Serial Numbers: INTERNATIONAL (ONLY) 43101851 43101909 43101947 43101970 43102014 43102015 43102019 43102048 43102052 43204766 c) C400, Serial Numbers: INTERNATIONAL (ONLY) 44504301 44504476 44504523 44504595 44504713 44504785 44504871 44504887 44504915 44504926 44504985 44505112 44505113 44505285 44505443 44505565 44505622 44505729 44505739 44505767 44505985 44506199 44506290 44506338 44506373 44506544 44506602 44506617 44507101 44507119 d) C500, Serial Numbers: DOMESTIC: 2555000951 INTERNATIONAL: 15004546 15503636 15503640 15503687 15503688 15503691 15503731 15503732 15503733 15503746 15503747 15503748 15503749 15702097 15702755 15702772 15702774 15702775 15702776 15702777 15702790 15702791 15702792 15702793 15702796 15702798 15702799 15702800 15702801 15702802 45501186 45501198 45501202 45501269 45501312 45501326 45501416 45501424 45501497 45501506 45501509 45501604 45501683 45501714 45501736 45501753 45501989 45502028 45502151 45502283 45502340 45502342 45700476 45700712 45700771 45701602 45702143 45703007 45703392 45703559 45703608 45703631 459000050
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide and Australia, Benelux, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Sweden, and UAE
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 1, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Oct 3, 2017.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 11, 2017.
- FDA terminated it on May 4, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Permobil, Ab, of Timra, Sweden.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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