APEX HOY-ADVANCE-ERecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 6 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00810055880041), received between Mar 5, 2025 and Aug 29, 2025 — classified as 6 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (2 reports).

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 6 most recent of 6 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryAug 29, 2025Collapse; Collapse

  IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, BY THE END USER, PER THE END USER, THAT THE AID WAS PUTTING THE PATIENT TO BED, THE SLING WAS ABOUT 4 FT HIGH. THE SID CLOSED LEGS TO UNDER THE BED, THE LEG COLLAPSED, AND THE PATIENT FELL 4 FT BREAKING HER FEMUR. SHE HAD SURGERY AND 3 PINS PLACED. COMPLAINT AND RA#(B)(4) WAS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM TO HAVE THE LIFT RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION. AS OF THIS WRITING, THE LIFT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 22920161 ↗
• InjuryAug 22, 2025Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, BY THE END USER, PER THE END USER, THAT CUSTOMER CALLED AND SAID PIECE OF LIFT BROKE OFF. MY LIFT IS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD AND THE MAST BOLT SHEARED CAUSING MY WIFE TO FALL. SHE WEIGHS 170 LBS. WHICH IS WAY BELOW CAPACITY. I HAD TO GET A BOLT FROM HOME DEPOT TO MAKE IT OPERATIONAL BECAUSE I USE IT DAILY. I NEED A REPLACEMENT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID, SHE MAY HAVE ANOTHER FALL. HE SENT IN PICS SHOWING A BENT MAST TIGHTENING KNOB AND SHEERED METAL ON THE MAST OF THIS LIFT UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT PUT IN THE FALL NOTES ABOVE. MEDICAL SUPPLIES NOW HAD ALREADY SENT A REPLACEMENT NOTIFICATION IS NOW COMPLETE. END USER WAS NOT CONSISTENT IN HIS ORIGINAL REPORT FOR THE INCIDENT AS NOTED ABOVE. COMPLAINT # (B)(4) AND RA #(B)(4) WERE ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM TO HAVE THE LIFT RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 22880126 ↗
• InjuryJul 28, 2025Unintended Collision; Unintended Collision

  IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, BY THE END USER, PER THE END USER, THAT REPORTING THE SPREADER BAR TRANSPORT BASKET APPEARS TO BE HANGING ON THE BOLT OR PIN TOO LOOSE, AND ALSO WILL NOT HOLD THE SPREADER BAR WHEN PLACED IN THE BASKET. - ALSO SAYING THE ELASTIC LEG RESTRAINING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED (STATES THE PLASTIC KNOB IS BROKEN) CONTRIBUTING TO AN INJURY. - FYI - FOUND CHG REPL (B)(4) FOR A BATTERY, NO DEFECT UPON RETURN AND INSPECTION - STATES INJURY TO FINGERNAIL ON LEFT MIDDLE FINGER SAW BLOOD UNDER FINGERNAIL (INCIDENT RPT CREATED). - STATES THIS WAS CAUSED FROM THE PLASTIC KNOB ON THE ELASTIC LEG RESTRAINT; BUT THEN SAYS IT WAS CAUSED FROM THE LEG OF THE LIFT HITTING HER FINGER WHEN THE LIFT WAS BEING STORED IN THE FOLDED POSITION. COMPLAINT #(B)(4). WAS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

  Patient problems: Abrasion

  MAUDE report 22627018 ↗
• InjuryMay 13, 2025Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, BY THE END USER, PER THE END USER, THAT (B)(6) WAS CALLING IN TO TROUBLESHOOT LIFT, REPORTED BATTERY RANDOMLY SHORTS OUT AND WON'T POWER LIFT. WHEN QUESTIONED FURTHER, (B)(6) MENTIONED AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED BACK IN "FEBRUARY" WHERE SHE WAS TRYING TO FOLD LIFT OVER FOR STORAGE WHEN THE BLACK ROUND PULL KNOB BROKE IN HER HAND WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO PULL IT UP AND OVER THE LEGS, HER FINGER GOT BADLY PINCHED UNDER ONE OF THE WHEELS AND THE LIFT FELL OVER DAMAGING ONE OF HER CHAIRS. COMPLAINT #(B)(4) WAS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

  Patient problems: Bruise/Contusion

  MAUDE report 22015042 ↗
• InjuryMar 5, 2025Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, BY THE END USER, PER THE END USER, THAT CALL FROM LF REPORTING SHE FELL OUT OF HER LIFT AND NEEDS TO GET A PART. SHE SAYS SHE CALLED PREVIOUSLY BUT WAS TOLD THAT WE DON'T PROVIDE PARTS. THE FALL HAPPENED WHEN THE CAREGIVER WAS PUTTING THE SLING ON, THEN IN THE TRANSFER INTO THE CHAIR AS SHE GOT CLOSER TO HER CLOSET A PIECE OF THE SLING SLIPPED OUT OF THE SPREADER THEN SHE FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE FLOOR. EMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED AND THERE WAS A HOSPITAL VISIT BUT THAT WAS A WEEK LATER BECAUSE SHE WAS DIZZY AND THEN HER HEAD STARTED HURTING. THEY DID AN MRI AND ALSO DETERMINED SHE HAD A LUNG INFECTION. COMPLAINT WAS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM. THE TYPE OF SLING USED WAS NOT REPORTED AND END USER DOES NOT HAVE JOERNS SLING ON HER ORIGINAL ORDER.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 21527207 ↗
• InjuryMar 5, 2025Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available

  IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, BY THE END USER, PER THE END USER, THAT PER CAREGIVER SHE GOT MRS UP TO USE THE RESTROOM, AFTERWARDS WHILE LIFTING HER OFF OF TOILET, MRS STARTING FALLING SO CAREGIVER CAUGHT HER AND SET HER DOWN JUIE THEN WHEN TO GET HOYER LIFT TO RAISE HER UP OFF OF THE FLOOR, WAS RAISING HER UP WITH LEGS OF LIFT OPEN WHEN MOVING LIFT, CLOSED LEGS AND HEARD A POP, STARTED LOWERING MRS AS A PRECAUTION WHEN ONE OF THE TIE RODS SNAPPED AND LIFT TILTED OVER. MRS FELL ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE, ONLY INJURY REPORTED AT THIS TIME BEING SOME MILD BRUSING TO HER KNEE. COMPLAINT # (B)(4) AND RA #(B)(6) WERE ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM TO HAVE THE LIFT RETURNED. AS OF THIS WRITING, THE LIFT HAS NOT RETURNED.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 21527206 ↗