FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Hill-Rom Manufacturing, Inc.: FLEXICAIR MC3 Low Airloss Therapy unit
- Recall number
- Z-0059-04
- Recalling firm
- Hill-Rom Manufacturing, Inc.
- Product
- FLEXICAIR MC3 Low Airloss Therapy unit
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2003-08-27
- Posted
- 2003-10-24
- Terminated
- 2004-07-01
- Reason
- Reports of patient entrapment between mattress and side-rails.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Consignees were notified by letter on 08/27/2003. They were alerted to the potential for patient entrapment. Modification of the units were to be conducted at the rental service center, or the sight where the unit is currently located. The consignee would be contacted to arrange for the modification to be installed on the rental if it is at their location when the modification is scheduled for the unit. If the consignee purchased the bed, they would be contacted by a Hill Rom service representative to arrange to install the modification.Enclosed with the letter is information regarding, Tips For Reducing the Risk of Patient Entrapment.
- Quantity
- 1824 units
- Distribution
- Product is distributed through rental and sale nationwide, Canada, Austria, Germany and the U.K.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- MC3, Serial numbers: IC xxxxxx (where xxxxxxx is a 6-digit number sequence).
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- IOQ
- Firm FEI
- 1045510
- Firm city
- Charleston
- Firm state
- SC
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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