FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANIMAS VIBE

MDR report key: 2910479 · Received January 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2531779-2013-00532
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 11, 2013
Report Date
December 25, 2012
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). DEVICE EVALUATION: THE INSULIN PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED AND ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON (B)(4) 2013 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: REVIEW OF THE ALARM HISTORY REVEALED ONE CALL SERVICE ALARM OCCURRING ON (B)(4) 2012 AT 3:03. REVIEW OF THE BLACK BOX REVEALED A PROGRAMMED BOLUS OF 1.5 UNITS WITH THE CALL SERVICE ALARM OCCURRING AFTER DELIVERY OF APPROXIMATELY 0.472 UNITS OF THAT BOLUS. REVIEW OF THE BOLUS HISTORY REVEALED NO RECORD OF A PARTIAL BOLUS RECORDED ON THE TIME/DATE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. ON TESTING, THE PUMP POWERED ON WITH APPROPRIATE AUDITORY AND VIBRATORY FUNCTION. AN EZ-PRIME OPERATION WAS EXECUTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PUMP WAS EXERCISED FOR 24 HOURS WITH A VARIETY OF BOLUSES PROGRAMMED AND DELIVERED WITHOUT A CALL SERVICE ALARM OCCURRING. INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE COMPLAINT THAT WAS VERIFIED IN THE BLACK BOX RECORDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REPORTER CONTACTED ANIMAS ON (B)(6) 2012, ALLEGING THE PUMP EMITTED A CALL SERVICE ALARM DURING A BOLUS DELIVERY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLAINT. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE CALL SERVICE ALARM EMITTED INDICATED THAT THE BOLUS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE PUMP HISTORY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
16473 ANIMAS VIBE INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION ANIMAS VIBE INSULIN PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 9 YR