Z-1674-2009

Essential Medical Supply brand Essential Rollator with Loop Hand Brakes, models W1700B (Blue) and W1700R...

Name: Z-1674-2009 Essential Medical Supply brand Essential Rollator with Loop Hand Brakes, models W1700B (Blue) and W1700R...
Creator: Essential Medical Supply, Inc.
Published: 2009-05-08
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Essential Medical Supply, Inc. / initiated 2009-05-08 / Terminated / root cause: design

FDA source

Essential Medical Supply, Inc. began a recall of Essential Medical Supply brand Essential Rollator with Loop Hand Brakes, models W1700B (Blue) and W1700R (Red), Four Wheel Aluminum Walker/Rollator on 2009-05-08. The reason FDA records is "The caster may separate from the frame completely causing injury to the user". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as design.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-1674-2009
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2009-05-08
Posted: 2009-07-20
Terminated: 2010-09-15
Recalling firm: Essential Medical Supply, Inc.
Product: Essential Medical Supply brand Essential Rollator with Loop Hand Brakes, models W1700B (Blue) and W1700R (Red), Four Wheel Aluminum Walker/Rollator
Product code: ITJ Walker, Mechanical
Reason for recall: The caster may separate from the frame completely causing injury to the user.
Root cause tag: design
FDA root cause: Device Design
Action: Essential Medical Supply Inc issued a Notice of Quarantine Letter to all customers on 04/30/09, identifying affected products as W1700B & W1700R Essential Rollators, Serial #'s KLD-E07090001 through KLD-E08020570, received after 11/05/2007. Firm issued a Device Recall Letter to all direct customers on 05/08/09 instructing them to do the following: (1) segregate and quarantine any affected product; (2) identify and notify any customers that may received the affected products, instructing them to return the product to their dealer; and (3) either return the affected products to Essential Medical Supply or destroy the products and send proof of destruction.
Quantity in commerce: 2265
Distribution: Nationwide distribution.
Product codes and lots: W1700 (R and B); Lot / Serial Nos.: KLD-E07090001 through KLD-E08020570

Product code ITJ

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

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About this record

Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

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Data as of 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)