DRIVEMEDICAL 14026Recalls & reported problems
Drive Devilbiss Healthcare · Pressure PreventionGroup 2 Surfaces Product Description: Med Aire Melody Alt Press Sys 35Wx80Lx8H · Class 2
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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00822383973661), received between Mar 3, 2022 and Mar 3, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Incorrect Control/Treatment Settings” (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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Use of Incorrect Control/Treatment Settings1
Patient problems
- Ulcer1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMar 3, 2022Use of Incorrect Control/Treatment Settings; Use of Incorrect Control/Treatment Settings
DRIVE DEVILBISS WAS NOTIFIED ON JANUARY 24, 2022, OF AN INCIDENT WITH A, RENTED, LOWE AIRE PRESSURE MATTRESS THAT WAS PROVIDED ON (B)(6). THIS NOTIFICATION WAS DONE BY THE PATIENT. A SECOND NOTIFICATION FROM THE PATIENT WAS RECEIVED ON JANUARY 31. THE INITIAL NOTIFICATION NOTED THAT THE "MATTRESS IS DEFLATED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND SHE IS SUNKEN INTO THE BED." SHE REPORTED THAT SHE "HIT HER CHEEK BONE AND BROKE IT." THE END-USER IS BED BOUND ON A RESPIRATOR AND DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE HAS A HOME HEALTH CARE NURSE 24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK AND WAS TREATED BY HER AT HOME. IN THE SECOND NOTIFICATION THE END-USER REPORTED THAT SHE HAD DEVELOPED A THIRD DEGREE WOUND DUE TO THE MATTRESS FAILURE. ON JANUARY 28, A NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDER. IN THAT NOTIFICATION, THE SERVICE PROVIDER STATES, "I AM CONCERNED THAT POSSIBLY THIS MEMBER ISN'T USING THE CORRECT SETTINGS ON THE BED". ON (B)(6), THE END-USER CONFIRMED THAT HER BED SORES WERE HEALING WITH THE HELP OF HER AT HOME NURSES. WE REQUESTED THE RETURN OF THE UNITS ON (B)(6) FOR EVALUATION. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THIS FILING.
Patient problems: Ulcer
MAUDE report 13660160 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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