Background information: the age of the cushion at the time of the complaint was 1 year, 8 months.The expected lifetime of a wheelchair cushion is 2 years.Discussion: in reviewing the complaint, the user reports that the fluid bladder has allegedly leaked at the seam on the foam base.The cushion is within its expected lifetime and seam splits are considered, by the manufacturer, to be a manufacturing defect.Therefore, this is classified as a malfunction.There are no injuries reported.Conclusion: due to previous filings for serious injuries related to similar failure modes, which could lead to a serious medical condition if any such malfunction were to recur, this mdr is being filed out of an abundance of caution.
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