FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 2033967 · Received March 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2032227-2011-00694
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 18, 2011
Date of Event
March 4, 2011
Report Date
March 5, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MINIMED
Product Code
MDS
PMA / PMN Number
P980022
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, 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 AS NO PRODUCT HAS BEEN RETURNED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. WE, THEREFORE, CONSIDER THIS REPORT COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, WITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE READING OF EITHER 561 OR 591 MG/DL. THE CUSTOMER COULDN'T REMEMBER. THE CUSTOMER CHANGED THE INFUSION SET AND TREATED WITH MANUAL INJECTIONS, BUT COULD NOT GET HER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS TO COME DOWN. THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS, VOMITING, CRAMPING AND MUSCLE ACHES. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED, AND THE INSULIN PUMP WAS PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. THE INSULIN PUMP ALSO PASSED THE PRIME AND HIGH PRESSURE TEST.

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-522LNAS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Hospitalization