FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ONETOUCHPING GLUCOSEMGMTSYSTEM

MDR report key: 2233767 · Received September 3, 2011

Report

Report Number
2531779-2011-06463
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 3, 2011
Date of Event
August 7, 2011
Report Date
August 7, 2011
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K080639
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW-UP #1 DATE OF SUBMISSION 10/12/2011 DEVICE EVALUATION: THE PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED AND EVALUATED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON 09/15/2011 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: A REVIEW OF THE PUMP HISTORY INDICATED THAT INSULIN DELIVERY TOTALS CORRECTLY REFLECTED PROGRAMMED VALUES. THE PUMP WAS EXERCISED FOR 29 HOURS WITH NO INSULIN DELIVERY DEFECTS FOUND. UNRELATED TO THE COMPLAINT, EVALUATION REVEALED A CRACKED DISPLAY SCREEN, WHICH HAS NO EFFECT ON INSULIN DELIVERY FUNCTION. THE OWNER'S BOOKLET INSTRUCTS THE USER TO CALL ANIMAS CUSTOMER SERVICE IF THE USER SUSPECTS THAT THE PRODUCT IS DAMAGED. EVALUATION ALSO REVEALED THE INTERNAL CLOCK BATTERY ON THE PCB BOARD HAD FAILED. THE PUMP WOULD NOT RETAIN THE USER PROGRAMMED DATE AND TIME SETTINGS UPON REMOVAL OF THE PRIMARY AA BATTERY. WHEN A NEW AA BATTERY IS INSERTED THE PUMP DISPLAYS THE DEFAULT DATE AND TIME WHICH MUST BE MANUALLY CONFIRMED (OR RESET) BY THE USER IN ORDER TO PROCEED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED TO ANIMAS. EVALUATION HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED. WHEN EVALUATION IS COMPLETE A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME. ANIMAS HAS CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THIS PUMP AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS OPERATING WITHIN REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS AT THE TIME OF RELEASE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT REPORTED EXPERIENCING LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE (BG) WITH INCOHERENCY AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THE PATIENT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW WHY HIS BG WENT LOW. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT HIS BGS HAD BEEN WITHIN NORMAL RANGE, AND THEN AT 7:32 PM HIS BG WAS 69 MG/DL. HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVED HE WENT LOWER THAN THAT BECAUSE HE WAS INCOHERENT, BUT DID NOT HAVE FURTHER BG VALUES FOR THE INCIDENT AS HE HAD THROWN HIS METER REMOTE AND HIS WIFE AND BROTHER COULD NOT FIND IT. AT THE TIME OF THE CALL TO ANIMAS (B)(4), THE PATIENT'S BG WAS REPORTEDLY 61 MG/DL. HE STATED THAT HE DRANK ORANGE JUICE AND HIS BG ROSE TO 192 MG/DL. (B)(4) REVIEWED THE PUMP WITH THE PATIENT AND FOUND ALL SETTINGS WERE CORRECT AND HISTORIES MATCHED. A REVIEW OF THE BOLUS HISTORY INDICATED THAT THE LAST BOLUS PRIOR TO THE REPORTED INCIDENT WAS AT 10:00 AM. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE PATIENT'S ALLEGED HYPOGLYCEMIC EVENT WHILE USING INSULIN PUMP THERAPY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ONETOUCHPING GLUCOSEMGMTSYSTEM INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION ONETOUCH PING INSULIN PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR