DRIVEMEDICAL SSP216DDA-SFRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00822383145280), received between Jan 31, 2023 and May 12, 2025 — classified as 4 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Slipped” (3 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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMay 12, 2025Sharp Edges; Sharp Edges

  DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE WAS NOTIFIED OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELCHAIR BY THE END USER, WHO STATED THAT WHILE MOVING FROM A TOILET SEAT TO THE WHEELCHAIR, A SHARP PROTRUDING PLATE ON THE WHEELCHAIR CAUSED A LACERATION ON THE END USER'S LEFT LEG THAT IS BEING TREATED WITH A SKIN GRAFT. AS PART OF ITS COMPLAINT REVIEW AND EVALUATION PROCESS, DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE WILL ALSO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 22002277 ↗
• InjuryOct 23, 2023Device Slipped; Use of Device Problem; Device Slipped; Use of Device Problem

  WE RECEIVED THE EMAIL FROM OUR CUSTOMER DRIVE, THE DETAILS AS BELOW: PLEASE FIND ATTACHED A COPY OF THE DRIVE MEDWATCH REPORT # 2438477-2023-00002. THE MEDICAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT IS A SLVESPRT2,16IN SLVRVEINDETDSK,SWGFT,1/CS, MODEL NUMBER SSP216DDA-SF. THE SERIAL NUMBER IS (B)(6). PLEASE REFER TO THE MEDWATCH REPORT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT. AS OF TODAY, THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO DRIVE MEDICAL FOR EVALUATION. DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE WAS NOTIFIED OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELCHAIR BY AN END USER, WHO STATED THAT SHE WAS USING THE WHEELCHAIR "ON THE SIDEWALK UP A RAMP," WHEN IT WAS "RAINING A LOT AND COLD," AND WHERE "THERE WERE A LOT OF LEAVES SO IT WAS SLIPPERY." SHE WAS REPORTEDLY "THROWN OUT OF THE CHAIR" AND WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN SHE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, "THE CHAIR WAS ON TOP OF HER," AND SHE SUSTAINED 3 BROKEN RIBS. DRIVE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE THE PRODUCT AND INSPECT IT, AND WILL FILE AN UPDATE IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall; Loss of consciousness

  MAUDE report 17993197 ↗
• InjuryJun 2, 2023Break; Break

  DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE WAS NOTIFIED OF A COMPLAINT REGARDING A WHEELCHAIR BY AN END USER'S MOTHER, WHO STATED THAT HER DAUGHTER "FELL OFF OF HER WHEELCHAIR DUE TO HER WHEEL FALLING OFF WHILE SHE WAS RIDING IT," REPORTEDLY CAUSING HER TO SUSTAIN MINOR SCRAPES, AND LOSS OF A FRONT TOOTH, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED PAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITAL. DRIVE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE THE PRODUCT AND INSPECT IT, AND WILL FILE AN UPDATE IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 17054443 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 27, 2023Device Slipped; Use of Device Problem; Device Slipped; Use of Device Problem

  ON (B)(6) 2023, WE RECEIVED A EMAIL FROM OUR CUSTOMER DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE ABOUT THIS ADVERSE EVENT. THE MEDICAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT IS A SLVESPRT2,16IN SLVRVEINDETDSK,SWGFT,1/CS, MODEL NUMBER SSP216DDA-SF. THE SERIAL NUMBER IS (B)(6). DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE WAS NOTIFIED OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELCHAIR BY AN END USER, WHO STATED THAT SHE WAS USING THE WHEELCHAIR "ON THE SIDEWALK UP A RAMP," WHEN IT WAS "RAINING A LOT AND COLD," AND WHERE "THERE WERE A LOT OF LEAVES SO IT WAS SLIPPERY." SHE WAS REPORTEDLY "THROWN OUT OF THE CHAIR" AND WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN SHE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, "THE CHAIR WAS ON TOP OF HER," AND SHE SUSTAINED 3 BROKEN RIBS. DRIVE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE THE PRODUCT AND INSPECT IT, AND WILL FILE AN UPDATE IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall; Loss of consciousness

  MAUDE report 17015399 ↗
• InjuryJan 31, 2023Device Slipped; Use of Device Problem; Device Slipped; Use of Device Problem

  DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE WAS NOTIFIED OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELCHAIR BY AN END USER, WHO STATED THAT SHE WAS USING THE WHEELCHAIR "ON THE SIDEWALK UP A RAMP," WHEN IT WAS "RAINING A LOT AND COLD," AND WHERE "THERE WERE A LOT OF LEAVES SO IT WAS SLIPPERY." SHE WAS REPORTEDLY "THROWN OUT OF THE CHAIR" AND WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN SHE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, "THE CHAIR WAS ON TOP OF HER," AND SHE SUSTAINED 3 BROKEN RIBS. DRIVE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE THE PRODUCT AND INSPECT IT, AND WILL FILE AN UPDATE IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall; Loss of consciousness

  MAUDE report 16274175 ↗