FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MINIMED 770G US SYSTEM BLE CONNECT 3.0 MG/DL

MDR report key: 13091760 · Received December 28, 2021

Report

Report Number
2032227-2021-235838
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 28, 2021
Date of Event
December 25, 2021
Report Date
June 14, 2022
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO.
Product Code
OZP
UDI-DI
000000763000414344
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

RETAINER RING = BLACK. CUSTOMER RETURNED PUMP FOR AN ALLEGED BLANK DISPLAY FOUND ON DEC 25, 2021. THE PUMP POWERED UP PROPERLY AFTER BATTERY INSTALLATION. THE PUMP PASSED THE DISPLACEMENT TEST, SLEEP CURRENT MEASUREMENT, ACTIVE CURRENT MEASUREMENT AND SELF TEST. THE PUMP WAS MONITORED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND NO BLANK DISPLAY NOTED SUCCESSFULLY DOWNLOADED HISTORY FILES AND TRACES USING THUMP. POWER MANAGEMENT GRAPH WAS SUCCESSFULLY GENERATED. THE POWER MANAGEMENT TOOL CONFIRMED THE UNLOADED VOLTAGE (UL VLITH) AND LOADED VOLTAGE (LOADED VLITH) WERE WITHIN SPEC RANGE. NO ALARMS/ALERTS NOTED DURING THE TESTING. HOWEVER, INSERT BATTERY ALARM WAS RECORDED AND FOUND IN THE FORMATTED HISTORY FILE ON: 12/25/2021 04:58:01.000 TO 12/25/2021 05:27:00.000. LOW BATTERY ALERT WAS RECORDED AND FOUND IN THE FORMATTED HISTORY FILE ON: (B)(6) 2021 19:12:01.000 REPLACE BATTERY ALERT WAS RECORDED AND FOUND IN THE FORMATTED HISTORY FILE ON: 12/25/2021 04:43:00.000 AND 12/25/2021 04:53:00.000, AND POWER LOSS ALARM WAS RECORDED AND FOUND IN THE FORMATTED HISTORY FILE ON: 12/25/2021 05:16:43.000 TO 12/25/2021 05:28:43.000. UPON CHECKING ON THE POWER DATA/DETAIL TRACE FILE, LOW BATTERY ALERT, REPLACE BATTERY ALERT AND POWER LOSS ALARM WERE EXPECTED SINCE THE BATTERY HAS LOW/NO POWER. THE CUSTOMER MAY HAVE USED A LOW/DEPLETED BATTERY. THE PUMP WAS CUT OPEN TO PERFORM VISUAL INSPECTION AND IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE BATTERY TUBE POWER CONNECTOR IS PROPERLY CONNECTED TO J7/PCB1. NO EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL OR MOISTURE DAMAGE ON THE ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY, FORCE SENSOR, MOTOR AND VIBRATOR ASSEMBLY NOTED. TEST P-CAP AND RESERVOIR LOCKED PROPERLY INTO RESERVOIR COMPARTMENT DURING TESTING. THE FOLLOWING WERE NOTED DURING VISUAL INSPECTION: A STAINED KEYPAD OVERLAY, A PILLOWING KEYPAD OVERLAY AND A SCRATCHED CASE. BLANK DISPLAY WAS NOT CONFIRMED. THIS MDR RELATED TO THE PUERTO RICO MANUFACTURING SITE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A MEDWATCH NUMBER FROM THE MEDTRONIC MINIMED NORTHRIDGE SITE, PER VARIANCE 5. MEDTRONIC, INC. (MEDTRONIC) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH 21 C.F.R. PART 803, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING REGULATION. THIS REPORT IS BASED UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY MEDTRONIC, WHICH THE COMPANY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE FDA. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION IN THE TIME ALLOTTED AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEVICE, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION BY ANYONE THAT THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT HAS ANY "DEFECTS" OR HAS "MALFUNCTIONED". THESE WORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FDA 3500A FORM AND ARE FIXED ITEMS FOR SELECTION CREATED BY THE FDA, TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF EVENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING PURSUANT TO PART 803. MEDTRONIC OBJECTS TO THE USE OF THESE WORDS AND OTHERS LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DEFINITION AND THE CONNOTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE TERMS. THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR REPORT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

(B)(4). CURRENTLY IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE DEVICE MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT AS NO PRODUCT HAS BEEN RETURNED. THE DEVICE WILL BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS AND FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW ONCE THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

INFORMATION RECEIVED BY MEDTRONIC INDICATED THAT THE INSULIN PUMP HAD A BLANK DISPLAY. CUSTOMER STATED THE BATTERY WAS CHANGED, BUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED. CUSTOMER IS USING AA LITHIUM BATTERY. NO HARM REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REPORTED. THE INSULIN PUMP WILL BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2000225 MINIMED 770G US SYSTEM BLE CONNECT 3.0 MG/DL ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS DEVICE SYSTEM, SINGLE HORMONAL CONTROL OZP MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO. MMT-1880 HG5GQHAZZ 000000763000414344

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Female