Drive devilbiss healthcare was notified by a letter from an attorney of an incident involving a rollator which alleges that, "one of the two front wheels came off suddenly causing him to fall to the ground." the end user reinstalled the wheels and continued walking when another wheel fell off, causing the end user to fall.The end user tried to sit on the chair section of the rollator and fell over backwards.The end user sustained a head injury, neck sprain, back, knee and wrist contusion, bilateral knee effusions and exacerbation of condition that accelerated the need for a total knee replacement surgery.Drive devilbiss healthcare is currently investigating the incident, including attempting to inspect the product through the attorney.An update will be filed if additional information becomes available.
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