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Drive medical was notified of an incident involving an electrotherapy device by an attorney letter who reported that during a physical therapy session, a malfunction of the device caused a third-degree burn to the end user's skin on her right leg and permanent disfigurement to her body.As part of its complaint review and evaluation process, drive medical will also notify the manufacturer of the product about this complaint.
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This event was also reported to fda by the importer under importer report no.2438477-2026-00057.(1) investigation and analysis methodology:
the mechanism of electrophysical rehabilitation devices may cause skin burns in patients, including joule heating burns and chemical burns.Potential causes include device-related issues (e.G., substandard electrodes leading to concentrated current density, device malfunction causing excessive instantaneous current), operation-related issues (e.G., excessive treatment intensity, prolonged treatment duration, adjusting electrodes before the device is stopped, electrodes placed too close together), and patient-related factors such as potential allergy to the gel.Since no device serial number was provided, the corresponding batch and dhr records cannot be retrieved.As the information provided by the customer is limited, a request for supplementary information has been sent to the customer by email.(2) failure mode(s)/mechanism(s) and associated component(s):
based on the currently available information, a definitive device failure mode cannot be confirmed.Since no device serial number was provided, the corresponding batch and dhr records cannot be retrieved.A causal conclusion of device failure cannot be established based on the available information.If supplementary information becomes available later, further analysis of this issue will continue.(3) conclusions:
a causal conclusion of device failure cannot be established based on the available information.The relevant information has been incorporated into the complaint file for traceability and fda review.
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