FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 2123169 · Received June 10, 2011

Report

Report Number
2032227-2011-01438
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 10, 2011
Date of Event
May 31, 2011
Report Date
June 3, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MINIMED
Product Code
MDS
PMA / PMN Number
P980022
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, 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. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW ONCE THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER CALLED TO REPORT HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AFTER A ROUTINE VISIT WITH HIS ENDOCRINOLOGIST. THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT HIS DOCTOR MADE CHANGES TO SOME OF HIS BASAL RATES. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED, AND THE INSULIN PUMP WAS PROGRAMMED CORRECTLY. HOWEVER, THE BOLUS DELIVERY TOTALS DID NOT MATCH WITH THE DAILY TOTALS. THE PRIME AND HIGH PRESSURE TESTS PASSED. DAYS LATER, THE CUSTOMER CALLED TO REPORT THAT HE WAS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO HYPOGLYCEMIA AND AN INFECTION IN HIS LEG. THE CUSTOMER DID NOT KNOWN WHY HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS WENT SO LOW. THE INSULIN PUMP HAD BEEN REPLACED DUE TO THE ISSUE WITH THE DAILY TOTALS, BUT HE CONTINUED USING THE INSULIN PUMP. 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-722RNAS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Hospitalization INSULIN INFUSION SET: MMT-397, LOT 9202167| UNOMEDICAL QUICK-SET PARADIGM: