The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-2601-2021·Announced 2021-10-06

Patient lift devices may lose ability to maintain horizontal positioning during transfers

Hill-Rom LikoStretch Mod 600 IC patient lift devices may fail to maintain patients in a horizontal position while lifting, potentially causing patients to slide or fall.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class II medical device with a functional failure that creates a patient fall risk. No injuries or illnesses have been reported in the source, so it meets the criteria for Score 3: risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

The LikoStretch Mod 600 IC and LikoStretch Mod 600 IC Wide are patient lift devices manufactured by Hill-Rom, Inc. being recalled due to a failure in the Stretch Leveller component.

The recalled devices may lose their ability to maintain patients in a horizontal position while lifting and moving patients. When this function fails, patients can slide backwards and potentially fall out of the lift sheet onto the underlying surface.

This recall affects devices distributed worldwide, including in the United States and multiple countries. Users with affected devices should contact Hill-Rom, Inc. for remediation instructions.

The recalled product

Product
LikoStretch Mod 600 IC Model Number: 3156065 LikoStretch Mod 600 IC, Wide Model Number: 3156065B (obsolete since 12JUN2020) - The combination of this products allows the user to easily adjust/control the center of gravity during lift of patient.
Manufacturer
Hill-Rom, Inc.
Category
Medical Device — Patient Lift Equipment
Hazard

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (2)

  • N/A LikoStretch Mod 600 IC
  • Wide 3156065B UDI: 0887761GMN000036U9

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 14 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 recalled by Hill-Rom, Inc. under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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