FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET

MDR report key: 1062252 · Received June 17, 2008

Report

Report Number
2183996-2008-00878
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 17, 2008
Date of Event
June 11, 2008
Report Date
June 11, 2008
Manufacturer
DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K070189
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO PRODUCTS WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT REPORTED HE RECEIVED AN E4 (OCCLUSION) MESSAGE ON HIS INSULIN INFUSION DEVICE THIS MORNING. TO TROUBLESHOOT, THE PT WAS INSTRUCTED TO DISCONNECT FROM HIS DEVICE AND PERFORM A PRIME WHICH WENT THROUGH WITHOUT ERROR. THE PT WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE HIS INSULIN SET BUT COULD NOT DO SO, AS HE WAS AT WORK AND DID NOT HAVE AN EXTRA INFUSION SET. HE STATED HE WOULD RETURN HOME AND CHANGE HIS INFUSION SET. ON FOLLOW UP THE SAME DAY, THE PT STATED WHEN HE REMOVED THE INFUSION SET THE CANNULA WAS BENT. HE STATED, THE OCCLUSION MESSAGE CLEARED AS SOON AS HE INSERTED A NEW INFUSION SET. THE PT SAID HE THREW AWAY THE INFUSION SET. NO PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT WAS REPORTED. THE PT DID NOT REQUIRE ASSISTANCE FROM A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL OR SECOND PARTY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. NO PRODUCT WAS AVAILABLE TO BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET INSULIN INFUSION SET FPA DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 30 YR INSULIN INFUSION PUMP| INSULIN