Hoyer Lift HML450Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00810055880935), received between Apr 3, 2025 and Apr 3, 2025 — classified as 1 malfunction.

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 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionApr 3, 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 MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN HML450, PS PROVIDED TROUBLESHOOTING/SUPPORT OVER THE PHONE WITH (CAREGIVER), SHE RESTATED THE BELOW EVENTS OF THE ISSUES, BUT ALSO ADDED THAT THE SERVICE PROVIDER THAT DELIVERED THE LIFT DID NOT LEAVE ANY CONTACT INFO OR USER INSTRUCTION MANUAL. THE CAREGIVER WAS LIFTING THE PATIENT UP OUT OF BED WITH THE LIFT WHEN THEY HEARD AN AUDIBLE "POP" SOUND, AND THEN THE BOOM ARM COMPLETELY FROZE. THEY MANAGED TO GET THE PATIENT OUT OF THE LIFT AND BACK INTO BED, BUT THE LIFT IS INOPERABLE, MEANING IT DOES NOT RAISE OR LOWER, EVEN WITH THE HYDRAULIC SWITCH ALL THE WAY OPEN AND PULLING DOWN ON THE BOOM ARM. THE RELEASE VALVE KNOB SPINS BUT APPARENTALLY DOES NOT FUNCTION IN LOWERING THE BOOM. COMPLAINT # (B)(4) WAS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21762873 ↗