Primus Medical LLC: AC Powered adjustable hospital bed, Prime Bed TL500, Distributed by: Primus Medical LLC, 8401 Southern Blvd, Boardman, OH 44512. Usage: Hospital Bed.

Recall number

Z-0270-2013

Recalling firm

Primus Medical LLC

Product

AC Powered adjustable hospital bed, Prime Bed TL500, Distributed by: Primus Medical LLC, 8401 Southern Blvd, Boardman, OH 44512. Usage: Hospital Bed.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2011-02-02

Posted

2012-11-08

Terminated

2014-05-14

Reason

The "Retaining washers & Clevis Pins" provided with the AC -powered adjustable hospital beds may fail under certain circumstances. The pins at the top of the leg were disengaging from the channel. This may cause the bed frame to come off tracks or collapse.

Root cause

Equipment maintenance

Action

The firm, Primus Medical LLC, sent an "Important Notification Relating to Primus Medical Product TL500" letter dated March 29, 2011 to their customers. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to replace the "Retaining washers & Clevis Pins" with the "Clevis Pins & Bow Tie Cotter Pins" in the TL500-001 Service Pack provided with the letter in order to avoid any potential failure and/or bed collapse and to return the" Retaining washers & Clevis Pins" after the replacement procedure is performed. If you have any questions, or need assistance in performing the replacement, call 330-965-9681.

Quantity

342 Beds

Distribution

Nationwide distribution: USA including states of: AZ, IL, KY, MD, MI, OH, OR, PA, TX and VA.

Lot, serial or model codes

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510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

FNL

Firm FEI

3007538326

Firm city

Boardman

Firm state

OH

Firm country

not on file

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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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