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UNOMEDICAL REFERENCE NUMBER (B)(4). EVENT OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES. ON (B)(6) 2024, IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT FACED INFUSION SET CANNULA KINKED EVENT. THE EVENT OCCURED AFTER 3 OR MORE HOURS OF INSERTION. THE INFUSION SET HAD BEEN USED FOR AROUND 7 HOURS. THE INSERTION SITE WAS AT THE ABDOMEN. THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL WAS 200-239 MG/DL AT THE TIME OF EVENT. THE PATIENT REPLACED INFUSION SET AND RESUMED INSULIN DELIVERY SUCCESSFULLY. UNOMEDICAL DO NOT SEE BENT/KINKING AS BEING RELATED TO HUMAN FACTORS, BUT RATHER AS A TRAINING ISSUE INCLUDING CORRECT CHOICES OF INSERTION SITES AND INFUSION SETS AND CANNULA LENGTH. FURTHERMORE, THE SOFT CANNULA IS A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL THAT DURING USE AND UPON REMOVAL CAN BEND SLIGHTLY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.