FDA (Devices) recall action 78079
The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 2 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 2 pages.
There is a potential failure of the top plate assembly, which is the component that connects the seating system of the wheelchair to the base.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Permobil is recalling 146 electric wheelchair bases due to a potential failure of the top plate assembly that connects the seating system to the base.
Permobil is recalling 5,539 Corpus II electric wheelchairs because the top plate assembly may fail, potentially disconnecting the seating system from the base.