FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 2955066 · Received February 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2531779-2013-01672
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 11, 2013
Date of Event
January 17, 2013
Report Date
January 22, 2013
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K042873
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ANIMAS FOR EVALUATION. 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. IF THE DEVICE IS RETURNED, AN EVALUATION SHALL BE COMPLETED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME. RECALL # 2531779-03/24/2010-003-R.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW-UP #1 DATE OF SUBMISSION 04/23/2013-DEVICE EVALUATION: THE PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED AND EVALUATED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON (B)(4) 2013 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: A REVIEW OF THE BLACK BOX SHOWED NO LOAD STEP MALFUNCTIONS OR ANY PRIME ISSUES. DURING INVESTIGATION, THE PUMP DISPENSED FLUID DURING THE LOAD STEP. THE PUMP WAS ABLE TO PRIME APPROPRIATELY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FORCE SENSOR WAS OUT OF CALIBRATION AND THE FORCE RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT WAS OUT OF SPECIFICATION. UNRELATED TO THE COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE DISPLAY WAS FADED AND DISCOLORED. A TEST DISPLAY WAS PLACED DURING INVESTIGATION AND THE CONTRAST RETURNED TO NORMAL. ALSO UNRELATED TO THE COMPLAINT, EVALUATION REVEALED A CRACKED BATTERY COMPARTMENT, WHICH HAS NO EFFECT ON INSULIN DELIVERY FUNCTION. THE USER GUIDE WARNS THAT CRACKS, CHIPS, OR DAMAGE TO THE PUMP MAY IMPACT THE BATTERY CONTACT AND/OR THE WATERPROOF FEATURE OF THE PUMP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, THE DISTRIBUTOR CONTACTED ANIMAS, ALLEGING A PRIME (LOAD STEP MALFUNCTION) ISSUE. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE REPORTED ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED WITH TROUBLESHOOTING. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PRODUCT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO AN ADVERSE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
58440 ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION ANM 2020 INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1