FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 1972587 · Received January 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
2531779-2011-00254
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 13, 2011
Report Date
December 17, 2010
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORP.
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K042873
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE EVALUATION: THE PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED AND EVALUATED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON (B)(4) 2012 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: THE KEYPAD WAS FOUND TO BE INTACT; NO PEELING OR LIFTING WAS OBSERVED. THE KEYPAD BUTTONS WERE FOUND NOT TO RESPOND TO BUTTON PRESSES. ALL OF THE KEYPAD BUTTONS DID HAVE NORMAL SPRING BACK. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF KEYPAD CONTAMINATION FOUND UNDER ALL KEY CONTACTS. UNRELATED TO THE COMPLAINT, THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING AND THERE WAS MOISTURE FOUND IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. ALSO UNRELATED TO THE COMPLAINT, EVALUATION REVEALED A VIBRATION MOTOR FAILURE. THERE WAS MOISTURE AND CORROSION FOUND IN THE VIBRATOR MOTOR. THIS MALFUNCTION IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ADVERSE EVENT BECAUSE THE AUDIBLE ALARM MECHANISM STILL FUNCTIONS AND WILL STILL ALERT THE USER SHOULD THE PUMP EMIT AN ALARM.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ANIMAS FOR EVAL. IF THE DEVICE IS RETURNED, AN EVAL SHALL BE COMPLETED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE KEYPAD BUTTONS HAD TO BE PRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE THE DESIRED PUMP FUNCTIONS. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLAINT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORP. ANIMAS 2020 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1