iBOT(R) iBOT PMDRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 15 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00857584008010), received between Aug 12, 2022 and Dec 15, 2025 — classified as 14 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Device Problem” (6 reports).

1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.

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 16, 2026.

Recalls naming this device

1. Apr 24, 2025Open, Classified

   Software issue that could potentially lead to the device tipping over from Balance Mode.

   Z-1965-2025 · Root cause: Software design · Recall details · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 15 most recent of 15 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 15, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  ACCIDENT OCCURS INDOORS GOING DOWNSTAIRS. USER HAD AN ASSISTANT DURING THIS EVENT. ON THE LAST STEP OF THE STAIRS THE CHAIR GOES UP ON TWO WHEELS AND INSTEAD OF CLIMBING DOWN IT FELL FACE FRONT ON A DOOR INFRONT OF THE STAIRS. THE USER'S RESULTING IN AN ANKLE FRACTURE ON THE LEFT AND A TARSAL FRACTURE AND A HEAD INJURY. THE USER WAS FASTENED IN A BELT. THEY HAD GONE UP THE STAIRS PRIOR WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES. THEY HAD NOT USED THE STAIR CLIMBER IN 6 MONTHS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Concussion

  MAUDE report 23809983 ↗
• InjuryNov 11, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  AN IBOT USER CALLED TO REPORT THAT HE HAD AN INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 11AM ON (B)(6) WHEN HE RAN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT, RESULTING IN THE BREAKING OF 2 BONES (BIMALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE).

  Patient problems: Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 23524612 ↗
• InjuryAug 29, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  AN IBOT USER CALLED ON (B)(6) 2025, TO REPORT THEY HAD AN INCIDENT IN STAIR MODE RESULTING IN AN INJURY. THE IBOT OCCUPANT BROKE HIS FIBULA & TIBIA, AFTER THE DEVICE TIPPED OVER ON THE STAIRS DURING AN ASSISTED STAIR CLIMB. THE ASSISTANT ALSO FELL DURING THE EVENT RESULTING IN NO INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Multiple Fractures

  MAUDE report 22923766 ↗
• InjuryJul 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  MOBIUS MOBILITY WAS NOTIFIED OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE IBOT WHEELCHAIR ON (B)(6) 2025. THE ASSISTANT INDICATED THAT WHEN THE IBOT WAS IN STAIR MODE, IT DESCENDED 3 STAIRS NORMALLY AND THEN TIPPED FORWARD AND FELL DOWN PART OF THE STAIRCASE. THE PERSON IN THE SEAT FELL AND HAD A FEW BRUISES AND SCRAPES. THE ASSISTANT WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON HER SHOULDER AND HEAD. THE ASSISTANT WAS HOSPITALIZED, RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR 3 BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN CLAVICLE, 2 FRACTURED VERTEBRAE AND A MILD CONCUSSION.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Concussion; Multiple Fractures; Vertebral Fracture

  MAUDE report 22612779 ↗
• InjuryJul 17, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE USER WAS OPERATING THE IBOT® PMD IN A CROSSWALK IN 4-WHEEL MODE. THE USER BEGAN CROSSING THE STREET WHILE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS RED. WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TO CROSS IN FRONT OF A SEMI-TRUCK FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE USER WAVED HER ARM TO ATTEMPT TO GET THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION, BUT THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. THE TRUCK COLLIDED WITH THE USER AT A FAIRLY LOW SPEED AND PUSHED HER ABOUT 15 FEET FURTHER INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE DEVICE DID NOT TIP OVER, AND THE USER REMAINED IN THE SEAT. THE USER SUSTAINED A SPRAINED KNEE AND ANKLE AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

  Patient problems: Damage to Ligament(s)

  MAUDE report 22534784 ↗
• InjuryJun 9, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  USER WAS DRIVING IBOT® PMD ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEIR FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FOOTPLATE RESULTING IN THE USER DRIVING OVER THEIR OWN ANKLE. THE EVENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURED ANKLE.

  Patient problems: Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 22169838 ↗
• InjuryMay 23, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  VETERANS AFFAIRS NOTIFIED MOBIUS MOBILITY ON (B)(6) 2025 THE USER WAS IN HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF A "CAR ACCIDENT" AND THERE WAS NO MENTIONED INVOLVEMENT OF THE IBOT® PMD. ON (B)(6) 2025 MOBIUS WAS THEN NOTIFIED BY THE CLINICIAN, THAT THE USER WAS IN HIS WHEELCHAIR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CLINICIAN INDICATED THAT USER WAS HIT BY A FORD F150 AND DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CLINICIAN DIDN'T INDICATE ANY ISSUES WITH THE IBOT® PMD AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT AND WAS LOOKING TO QUOTE A REPLACEMENT DEVICE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 22080598 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 8, 2025Unintended Application Program Shut Down; Unintended Application Program Shut Down

  USER STATED SHE WAS IN STANDARD MODE LEANING HER ELBOW ON THE ARMREST. THE DEVICE WAS STATIONARY ON LEVEL GROUND. THE USER HEARD A CLICK AS OF THE BRAKES RELEASING, AND THE IBOT MOVED AS IF TO TRANSITION MODES (INTO 4-WHEEL OR BALANCE MODE) AND THEN FELL OVER BACKWARDS. USER REPORTED THAT SHE DID NOT INTENTIONALLY COMMAND A MODE TRANSITION. USER WAS NOT WEARING THE POSITIONING BELT. SHE LANDED ON HER BACK, WITH HER HEAD ON THE HEADREST, AND SLID OUT OF THE SEAT. SHE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 21985757 ↗
• InjuryMar 31, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  USER'S WIFE CALLED INDICATING HER HUSBAND HAD TIPPED OVER SIDEWAYS IN HIS IBOT WHILE AWAY ON VACATION. SHE SAID HE WAS GOING OFF A CURB WITH A GLASS IN HIS HAND AND TIPPED THE DEVICE OVER, BREAKING THE GLASS, WHICH RESULTED IN A SMALL CUT. THE CUT FROM THE GLASS RESULTED IN 4 STICHES.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 21734769 ↗
• InjuryNov 26, 2024Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method; Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method

  USER CALLED INDICATING HE HAD ROLL OVER INCIDENT. HE SAID HE WAS GOING OFF A CURB AND WAS DISTRACTED BY A CAR TURNING THE CORNER AND MAY HAVE TAKEN THE CURB TOO QUICKLY, WITHOUT PROPER ATTENTION, RESULTING IN THE TIP OVER. THE TIP OVER RESULTED IN 7 STITCHES.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 20780432 ↗
• InjuryNov 13, 2024Off-Label Use; Off-Label Use

  THE USER REPORTED BEING IN BALANCE MODE WHEN INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THEIR RAMP AS THEY DROVE OVER A LOOSE PIECE OF ARTIFICIAL TURF STYLE CARPET THAT HAD MOVED CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP OVER TIME. WHEN GOING UP THE RAMP THE CARPET SLIPPED CAUSING A LOSS OF TRACTION RESULTING IN A RAPID AUTO TRANSITION TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND PREVENT MORE SERIOUS ISSUES. THIS RESULTED IN THE USER SUSTAINING A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE L1 VERTEBRA.

  Patient problems: Vertebral Fracture

  MAUDE report 20678488 ↗
• InjuryJun 21, 2023Off-Label Use; Off-Label Use

  USER INITIATED STAIR MODE ON LEVEL GROUND WITHOUT STEPS AND HAD HIS SPOUSE PULL BACK ON THE DEVICE. THIS RESULTED IN THE DEVICE FALLING OVER BACKWARD ONTO HER, BREAKING HER PELVIS.

  Patient problems: Hip Fracture

  MAUDE report 17175129 ↗
• InjuryMay 8, 2023Off-Label Use; Off-Label Use

  THE USER REPORTED BEING IN BALANCE MODE ON A CRUISE SHIP, AND CATCHING A WHEEL ON SOMETHING, CAUSING THE DEVICE TO GO OVER SIDEWAYS. THIS RESULTED IN THE USER BREAKING THEIR LEG, WHICH, DUE TO THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION, THEY DID NOT FEEL AND THEREFORE DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME THAT THEY HAD SUSTAINED AN INJURY.

  Patient problems: Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 16886448 ↗
• InjuryDec 1, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ON (B)(6) 2022 OR (B)(6) 2022, THE USER WAS BUILDING A TRAILER, AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FOOTPLATE. HE DID NOT NOTICE, AND THEN DROVE OVER HIS FOOT WITH THE WHEELCHAIR. ON (B)(6) 2022, HE SAW HIS THERAPIST, WHO IDENTIFIED THAT THE ANKLE WAS BROKEN. USER WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED AND DID NOT REQUIRE SURGICAL INTERVENTION - HE IS BEING TREATED AS AN OUTPATIENT.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 15898847 ↗
• InjuryAug 12, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component

  DURING AN ASSISTED STAIR CLIMBING DEMONSTRATION ON (B)(6) 2022, THE ATTENDANT HANDLE USED FOR STAIR CLIMBING CAME DETACHED RESULTING IN THE PERSON IN THE IBOT FALLING DOWN SEVERAL STEPS. THE DEVICE OCCUPANT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 15220467 ↗