FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ONETOUCHPING GLUCOSEMGMTSYSTEM

MDR report key: 3082148 · Received April 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
2531779-2013-05462
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 29, 2013
Report Date
April 1, 2013
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K080639
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ANIMAS. 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. USER ERROR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS CONTRIBUTORY AS THE IOB FEATURE HAD NOT BEEN TURNED ON. 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

ON (B)(6) 2013, THE REPORTER CONTACTED ANIMAS AND ALLEGED THE FOLLOWING: PATIENT REPORTS THAT HE HAS NOTICED SINCE HIS IOB IS NOT SHOWING UP. IN RESPONSE, HE HAS BEEN GETTING LOWS OF ABOUT 32MG/DL TO HIGHS OF 400MG/DL. SYMPTOMS ONLY DURING LOWS OF SHAKY AND SWEATY. THE HIGHS ARE AS A RESULT OF FEAR THAT HE WILL DROP AND THUS UNDER BOLUSING. BG OF 400MG/DL, PATIENT BOLUSED; BG OF 32MG/DL PATIENT ATE CARBOHYDRATES. CUSTOMER TECHNICAL SUPPORT (CTS) REVIEWED WITH PATIENT AND FOUND NO DEFECT WITH THE PUMP, BUT FOUND THAT THE IOB FEATURE WAS NOT TURNED ON. CTS INSTRUCTED PATIENT TO TURN ON IOB AND EDUCATED PATIENT ON USE OF FEATURE. THE PATIENT REMAINS ON PUMP THERAPY. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE USE ERROR CONTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT EXPERIENCING HYPOGLYCEMIA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
184839 ONETOUCHPING GLUCOSEMGMTSYSTEM INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 41 YR Life Threatening