FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 2020714 · Received March 7, 2011

Report

Report Number
2032227-2011-00569
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 7, 2011
Date of Event
February 15, 2011
Report Date
February 19, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MINIMED
Product Code
MDS
PMA / PMN Number
P980022
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENTLY, IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE DEVICE MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RETURNED, BUT NOT YET EVALUATED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW ONCE THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS. THE CUSTOMER'S BLOOD GLUCOSE READING WAS OVER 800 MG/DL AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED, AND THE INSULIN PUMP WAS PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. WHEN THE INFUSION SET WAS REMOVED FROM THE CUSTOMER'S BODY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CANNULA WAS BENT. THE CUSTOMER USES QUICK-SET INFUSION SETS, MODEL NUMBER MMT-396. PRIOR TO THE EVENT, THE INSULIN PUMP ALARMED NO DELIVERY. THE CUSTOMER ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE INFUSION SET CHANGES TO RESOLVE THE HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS. NOTHING FURTHER WAS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP INSULIN INFUSION PUMP MDS MEDTRONIC MINIMED MMT-522LNAL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR Hospitalization