FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MEDICOMPASS CONNECT

MDR report key: 1150091 · Received August 29, 2008

Report

Report Number
2032583-2008-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 29, 2008
Date of Event
July 24, 2008
Report Date
August 26, 2008
Manufacturer
IMETRIKUS, INC.
Product Code
LNX
PMA / PMN Number
K0427468
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INDICATIONS FOR USE: MEDICOMPASS CONNECT SERVES AS AN INTERFACE OR A GATEWAY BETWEEN PERSONAL MONITORING DEVICES AND A GENERAL PURPOSE HEALTH MANAGEMENT DATABASE. MONITORING DEVICES THAT CAN INTERFACE TO THE MEDICOMPASS CONNECT INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORS, BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS, INSULIN PUMPS, SPIROMETERS, SCALES. MEDICOMPASS CONNECT IS DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE SETTINGS AND HOME USE. A SCHEDULED SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT WAS DEPLOYED 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REFERENCED PRIOR TO THE REFERENCED PRODUCT COMPLAINT WAS DETERMINED TO THE SOURCE OF THE ERROR. THE UPDATE WAS UNINSTALLED IMMEDIATELY UPON LEARNING OF THE COMPLAINT. NO ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AFTER THE UNINSTALL, WHICH OCCURRED IN 2008.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COMPANY RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A CUSTOMER (E.1) REPORTING THAT A PATIENT'S SOFTWARE RECORDS WERE MISSING BLOOD GLUCOSE DATA FROM A PERSONAL HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE. THIS COMPLAINT LED TO AN INVESTIGATION BY THE COMPANY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE OCCURRENCE. THE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED A RELATED INCIDENT WHEREBY 4 PATIENT RECORDS HAD RECEIVED ERRONEOUS DATA FROM PERSONAL HEALTH MONITORING DEVICES OTHER THAN THAT OF THE INTENDED PATIENT. UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED WITH THESE 4 PATIENTS, IT WAS LEARNED THAT 1 PATIENT HAD THEIR ORAL DIABETES MEDICATION CHANGED AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING THE ERRONEOUS DATA. A CLINICAL REVIEW OF THE PATIENT'S DATA, PRE AND POST MEDICATION CHANGE INDICATED NO ADVERSE EFFECT TO THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS. IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER 3 PATIENTS, NO CHANGE IN THEIR MEDICATIONS WAS INITIATED BY THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING ANY ERRONEOUS DATA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MEDICOMPASS CONNECT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTER/REC LNX IMETRIKUS, INC. MLCLN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK