FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ONETOUCHPING GLUCOSEMGMTSYSTEM

MDR report key: 3210961 · Received July 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
2531779-2013-09783
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 8, 2013
Report Date
June 9, 2013
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K080639
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED AND EVALUATED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON 08/20/2013 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: THE PUMP WAS FOUND TO BE DELIVERING WITHIN THE REQUIRED SPECIFICATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 29 HOUR FLOW ACCURACY TEST. THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, THE PATIENT CONTACTED ANIMAS AND ALLEGED THE FOLLOWING: HE HAS HAD A ¿HI¿ READING AT LEAST ONCE A DAY ON HIS PUMP SINCE (B)(6) 2013. HE WAS IN THE 400MG/DL ALL YESTERDAY AND 505MG/DL BEFORE BED LAST NIGHT. HE WAS 234MG/DL AT 2AM THIS MORNING AND AT BREAKFAST WAS ELEVATED AGAIN TO ¿HI.¿ HE DOES NOT FEEL ANY SYMPTOMS WITH HIS HIGH BG¿S AND ONLY KNOWS HE¿S HIGH WHEN THE BG MONITOR TELLS HIM SO. THE PATIENT AND HIS DAUGHTER SPOKE WITH HIS ENDOCRINOLOGIST THIS MORNING , WHO RECOMMENDED HE GOES OFF OF THE PUMP AND INJECTS WITH HUMALOG AND DAILY LANTUS, BECAUSE THE ENDOCRINOLOGIST DOES NOT THINK THE PUMP IS WORKING CORRECTLY. THE PATIENT STARTING USING AN ALTERNATIVE INSULIN DELIVERY REGIMEN AT LUNCH TIME TODAY. PATIENT DOES NOT TEST FOR KETONES, AND HAS NOT REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION FOR THESE BLOOD GLUCOSE (BG) EXCURSIONS. PATIENT REPORTS NO NEW MEDICATIONS, NO NEW ACTIVITIES/STRESSORS, NO NEW DIET CHANGES REPORTED. TIME AND DATE ARE CORRECT IN PUMP. INSULIN IS STORED APPROPRIATELY AND IS NOT EXPIRED. CUSTOMER SUPPORT (CS) WALKED HIM THROUGH CHECKING HIS PUMP SETTINGS: I:C RATIO, BASAL RATES, BG TARGET, ISF, IOB ALL PROGRAMMED AS DESIRED PER PATIENT. PRIME HISTORY SHOW PATIENT CHANGING SITE EVERY THREE DAYS WITH APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF INSULIN. TDD IS ADDING UP CORRECTLY. BOLUS HISTORY AMOUNTS ARE ALL GIVEN TO COMPLETION AND AS DESIRED PER PATIENT. ONE OCCLUSION ALARM IN ALARM HISTORY FROM JUNE 5TH, PATIENT REPORTS TUBING WAS KINKED AND HE REDELIVERED THAT BOLUS SOON AFTER. NO OTHER RECENT ALARMS IN PUMP HISTORY, PATIENT REPORT SITES LOOK GOOD NO BUMPS, NO BRUISING, NO BLEEDING OR LEAKING AT SITE. PATIENT DOES NOT ROTATE SITES, HAS ALWAYS USED ABDOMEN SINCE STARTING ON THE PUMP IN 2002. CUSTOMER SUPPORT (CS) ADVISED PATIENT THAT PUMP WILL BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICIANS¿ ORDER, BUT THAT HE SHOULD DISCUSS POSSIBLE SETTING ADJUSTMENTS AND ROTATING INFUSION SITES TO BETTER USE THE PUMP. THIS ISSUE IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE A PATIENT ON PUMP THERAPY EXPERIENCED HYPERGLYCEMIA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
310510 ONETOUCHPING GLUCOSEMGMTSYSTEM INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 87 YR Life Threatening