FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 2033871 · Received March 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
2032227-2011-00686
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 17, 2011
Date of Event
March 4, 2011
Report Date
March 4, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MINIMED
Product Code
MDS
PMA / PMN Number
P980022
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED BEING HOSPITALIZED WITH SYMPTOMS OF LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS. THE CUSTOMER'S BLOOD GLUCOSE READING AT BEDTIME WAS 100 MG/DL. WHEN THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED TO HER HOME, THE CUSTOMER HAD SYMPTOMS OF LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS, BUT HER READING WAS 178 MG/DL. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED, AND THE INSULIN PUMP WAS PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. REVIEWED THE BOLUS HISTORY, AND THERE CUSTOMER STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO BOLUSES IN THE HISTORY THAT SHE DID NOT PROGRAM. THE RESERVOIR VOLUME WAS CORRECT. THE CUSTOMER WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE INSULIN PUMP, AND REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT. 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-722LNAL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 22 YR Hospitalization