ALLEN 107003 (REF A-71101-UK)Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00615521003104), received between May 28, 2021 and Aug 20, 2025 — classified as 3 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Activation Failure” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionAug 20, 2025Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  BAXTER RECEIVED A REPORT STATING THAT ALLEN ADVANCE TABLE WAS GOING UP/DOWN ON ITS OWN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT/USER INJURY, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, SYMPTOM, OR ADVERSE EVENT REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22853548 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 15, 2021Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  HILLROM RECEIVED A USER REPORT, STATING THAT WHILE POSITIONING A PATIENT PRONE FOR A SPINAL PROCEDURE THE HEAD SUPPORT ATTACHMENT CAME LOOSE FROM AN ALLEN ADVANCE SURGICAL TABLE PUTTING THE PATIENT AT RISK FOR UNSUPPORTED HEAD DROPPING TO OCCUR. THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO REPORT OF INJURY TO THE PATIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT AS THE HEAD WAS STILL BEING HELD BY SURGICAL STAFF DURING POSITIONING OF THE PATIENT. THE CUSTOMER NOTES AFTER POSITIONING THE PATIENT THE ¿PRONEVIEW¿ PASSED VISUAL INSPECTION BY THE SURGICAL TEAM AND ¿SEEMED STURDY¿ FOR PATIENT USE. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING PATIENT REPOSITIONING, THE STARBURST ADAPTOR CONNECTING THE C-FLEX HEAD POSITIONER TO THE ALLEN TABLE CAME LOOSE. IT IS NOTED THE FACILITY¿S CLINICIAN REVIEW STATEMENT REPORTED THAT THE EVENT ¿MOST LIKELY THE EQUIPMENT WAS USED INCORRECTLY, AND TRAINING IS NEEDED¿. HRC TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE ALLEN TABLE ON SITE AND THE CUSTOMER SENT IN THE C-FLEX HEAD POSITIONER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THIS REPORT WAS FILED IN OUR COMPLAINT HANDLING SYSTEM AS COMPLAINT (B)(4) FOR THE ALLEN ADVANCE TABLE A-71101-UK TO WHICH THE C-FLEX HEAD POSITIONER CONNECTS FOR WHICH WE ARE FILING THE EMDR AND THEREFORE WE WIL

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12639732 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 28, 2021Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE THE ALLEN ADVANCE TABLE WOULD NOT MOVE, THE LIGHTS ON THE TOP COLUMN WERE NOT SHOWING, THERE WERE NO FUNCTIONS VIA THE PENDANT, AND THE BED REMAINED UNLOCKED. AT THE CUSTOMER'S REQUEST A HILLROM REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDED THE CUSTOMER SITE AND ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GET THE DEVICE TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY. FOLLOWING THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE DEVICE, THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO A BACKUP TABLE FOR COMPLETION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THIS RESULTED IN A DELAY OF GREATER THAN 1 HOUR TO THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE SAME DEVICE A WEEK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT BUT THAT THE ISSUE HAD BEEN SOLVED WHEN THE CUSTOMER PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND TURNED THE TABLE OFF. THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY TO THE AFFECTED PATIENT. THIS REPORT WAS FILED IN OUR COMPLAINT HANDLING SYSTEM AS COMPLAINT # (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11901628 ↗