Power-PRO 6506Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 472 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327261639), received between Mar 7, 2018 and Sep 8, 2026 — classified as 5 deaths, 67 injuries, 400 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Difficult or Delayed Positioning” (113 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 25 most recent of 472 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• DeathSep 8, 2026Device Tipped Over

  It was reported through the filing of a lawsuit that while being transported on the device on three separate occasions (b)(6) 2025), the patient allegedly suffered injuries during loading and/or unloading by being tipped, shifting, or falling from the Power-PRO XT powered ambulance cot. It is further alleged that these incidents were factors in causing the patient¿s wrongful death on (b)(6) 2025.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 50675847 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Protective Measures Problem

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 2 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE COT IN THE AMBULANCE AND INADEQUATE PATIENT RESTRAINT. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967631 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Device Fell

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 8 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED COT LOWERING OR COT DROPPING TO LOWEST POSITION (NO COT TIP) OR FOWLER - UNEXPECTED DROP/COLLAPSE. THERE WAS 1 EVENT WITH PATIENT INVOLVEMENT; IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967630 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN (B)(6) 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 3 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED COT FALSELY ENGAGES INTO FASTENER OR COT DISENGAGES FROM FASTENER UNEXPECTEDLY. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967625 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Device Tipped Over; Protective Measures Problem

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 1 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED UNSTABLE COT LEADING TO TIP AND INADEQUATE PATIENT RESTRAINT. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967406 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Difficult or Delayed Positioning

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 151 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE COT IN THE AMBULANCE. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967404 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Difficult to Remove

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 3 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE COT IN THE AMBULANCE AND INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE COT FROM THE COT FASTENER. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967399 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Device Tipped Over

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 1 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE COT IN THE AMBULANCE AND UNSTABLE COT LEADING TO TIP. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967397 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Device Tipped Over

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 1 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED UNSTABLE COT LEADING TO TIP. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967391 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2026Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 1- MARCH 31, 2026. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 1 MALFUNCTION EVENTS(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES EXPERIENCED COT FALSELY ENGAGES INTO FASTENER AND DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE COT IN THE AMBULANCE. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24967390 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 26, 2026Protective Measures Problem

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN (B)(6) 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 6 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED INADEQUATE PATIENT RESTRAINT. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24183137 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 26, 2026Difficult to Remove

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1-DECEMBER 31, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 5 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE COT FROM THE COT FASTENER. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24178172 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 26, 2026Device Fell

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1-DECEMBER 31, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 4 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED COT LOWERING OR COT DROPPING TO LOWEST POSITION (NO COT TIP). NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24178169 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 26, 2026Device Tipped Over

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1-DECEMBER 31, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 1 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED UNSTABLE COT LEADING TO TIP. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24178168 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 26, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  NO NEW INFORMATION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24178165 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Difficult or Delayed Positioning

  THIS REPORT NOW SUMMARIZES 157 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), INSTEAD OF 159.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23394097 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Protective Measures Problem; Protective Measures Problem

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY 1-SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 26 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED INADEQUATE PATIENT RESTRAINT. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23394085 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Electrical /Electronic Property Problem; Electrical /Electronic Property Problem

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY 1-SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 1 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED ACCESSIBLE DC CURRENT. THERE WAS 1 EVENT WITH PATIENT INVOLVEMENT; THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, BUT NO SERIOUS ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Burn(s); Electric Shock; Numbness

  MAUDE report 23394080 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY 1-SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 24 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE COT FROM THE COT FASTENER. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23394075 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Difficult to Remove; Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Difficult to Remove

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY 1-SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 2 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULT TO LOAD/UNLOAD THE COT IN THE AMBULANCE AND INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE COT FROM THE COT FASTENER. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23394062 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY 1-SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 10 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED COT FALSELY ENGAGES INTO FASTENER. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23394046 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Device Fell; Device Fell

  THIS RECORD IS A CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS SUMMARIZED AS A PART OF THE FDA VOLUNTARY MALFUNCTION SUMMARY REPORTING PROGRAM. EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN JULY 1- SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 10 MALFUNCTION EVENT(S), WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED COT LOWERING OR COT DROPPING TO LOWEST POSITION (NO COT TIP) OR FOWLER UNEXPECTED DROP/COLLAPSE. THERE WERE 2 EVENTS WITH PATIENT INVOLVEMENT; 1 PATIENT EXPERIENCED A LACERATION AND A SKIN TEAR, BUT NO SERIOUS ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED, AND 1 IT IS UNKNOWN.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; Laceration(s); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Skin Tears

  MAUDE report 23393628 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 10, 2025Fire; Fire

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. NO PATIENT WAS AFFECTED AND NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23267435 ↗
• InjuryJun 19, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS BEING POSITIONED TO TRANSFER A PARAPLEGIC PATIENT WITH HER LEGS BENT, AS REQUESTED. THE WHEELS ON THE HEAD SIDE WERE PREVIOUSLY UNLOCKED FOR MANEUVERING IN THE CORRIDORS - THE STRETCHER WAS MOVED NEXT TO THE BED AND THE BRAKES ON THE WHEELS ON THE FOOT SIDE WERE APPLIED. IN ORDER TO BRING THE FOOT SECTION BACK INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION, THE STAFF MEMBER PREVIOUSLY STANDING AT THE HEAD END HAD TO SUPPORT THE STAFF MEMBER AT THE FOOT END. WHILE THE FOOT SECTION WAS BEING PUT BACK INTO THE FLAT POSITION, THE PATIENT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL BED AND THE STRETCHER AND FELL ONTO THE FLOOR FROM A HEIGHT OF APPROX. 1M. PRESUMABLY THE STRETCHER AT THE HEAD END MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL BED. INITIALLY, THE PATIENT REPORTED PAIN IN HER HEAD AND ARM. FURTHER EXAMINATION FOUND A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA WAS FOUND DURING THE DIAGNOSIS.

  Patient problems: Hematoma

  MAUDE report 22289676 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 29, 2025Positioning Failure; Positioning Failure

  THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES 41 MALFUNCTION EVENTS, WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THE DEVICES, EXPERIENCED COT HEIGHT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED OR FOWLER CANNOT BE LOWERED. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE OR CLINICALLY RELEVANT DELAY IN TREATMENT WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21925781 ↗