Patient Problem
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
Event Date 04/02/2015
Event Type
malfunction
Event Description
A dental professional was performing routine medical treatment to a patient when the swivel weld assembly broke on a marus dental chair causing the upper structure of the chair to fall off the lower section of the chair.There were no injuries reported.
Manufacturer Narrative
Upon evaluation by the local marus distributor technician, it was identified that the swivel weld assembly broke apart at the weld.The part was not given to the distributor by the doctor therefore ther part was not returned to marus for evaluation.The dental chair is over 13 years old and is past the life of the device.