Background information: the age of the cushion at the time of the complaint was 1 year and 7 months.The expected lifetime of a wheelchair cushion is 2 years.Discussion: in reviewing the complaint, there is no indication based on the information provided whether the event was due to a product malfunction during normal use or damage due to potential user misuse.The user reported no injuries.Conclusion: due to previous filings for what could be a similar failure mode of manufacturing malfunction, which could lead to a serious medical condition if any such malfunction were to recur, this mdr is being filed in an abundance of caution.
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