FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Hill-Rom, Inc.: OctoStretch with Stretch Leveller - The combination of this products allows the user to easily adjust/control the center of gravity during lift of patient. Model Number: 3156056
- Recall number
- Z-2597-2021
- Recalling firm
- Hill-Rom, Inc.
- Product
- OctoStretch with Stretch Leveller - The combination of this products allows the user to easily adjust/control the center of gravity during lift of patient. Model Number: 3156056
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2021-08-11
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Stretch Leveller has the potential to lose the function of maintaining a patient in the horizontal position when lifting and in motion. When this function is lost the patient can slide backwards and potentially may fall out of the Oct lift sheet back onto the surface it is being lifted from.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Hillrom issued URGENT Medical Device Correction letter dated August 11, 2021 by third party vendor via UPS mail/track the delivery to consignees. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: Hillrom is initiating this Medical Device Correction to all customers and will be correcting devices with an updated to the leveller. Actions being taken by Customer: Please share this Medical Device Correction with all potential users in your organization. Please ensure inspection of the device prior to use as stated in the device Instruction for Use (IFU). Complete the attached response form, acknowledging receipt, indicate the number of devices and return to hillromLUL003@stericycle.com within one month
- Quantity
- 440 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AZ, CA, CO, DE, IL, ME, MI, MO, MS, NJ, OH, PA, VA, WA and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Province of China, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- N/A
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FSA
- Firm FEI
- 1824206
- Firm city
- Batesville
- Firm state
- IN
- 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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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