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Event 62826

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 06, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
ThyssenKrupp Access Corp

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

ThyssenKrupp Accessibility LEVANT Stairlift. Intended to mechanically transport one mobility impaired person in a fold-down seat up and down straight stairs, indoors and outdoors.

Z-0557-2013
Recall number
Z-0557-2013
Initiated
August 06, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
ThyssenKrupp Access Corp
Quantity
5,413 stairlifts

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The seat could break as a result of damage resulting from a seat belt being trapped underneath the foldable part of the seat when the seat belt is not buckled.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Device Design

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Reason for recall

The seat could break as a result of damage resulting from a seat belt being trapped underneath the foldable part of the seat when the seat belt is not buckled.

Code information

Stairlifts sold between 12/5/08-7/31/12. The product does not have lot numbers assigned and no expiration date.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including the states of IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, AR, LA,OK, TX. AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, MT, AK, CA, HI, OR, WA, AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, MD, PA, VA, WV, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI and VT and the countries of Canada, Nova Scotia and British Columbia