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The customer reported that ¿one of the welds for the right footrest is fractured¿ and they have only had the unit for about a month; the complaint also recorded that the issue did not occur during use and no injury occurred.A physical sample was not provided; a photo depicting the defect was provided and only a visual review of the defect could be conducted, and after reviewing the photo it was discovered that the angle adjustment lever weld failed and is no longer attached.The investigation results were confirmed.Given the evidence provided in the photo, the root cause of this issue is most likely due to a manufacturing issue due to the lack of weld penetration; no trends were identified for the specified material number and its corresponding defect type.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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