FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 3943370 · Received July 18, 2014

Report

Report Number
2531779-2014-20555
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 18, 2014
Report Date
July 2, 2014
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K042873
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW-UP #1: DATE OF SUBMISSION 09/09/2014. DEVICE EVALUATION: THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RETURNED AND EVALUATED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON (B)(4) 2014 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: THE KEYPAD WAS FOUND TO BE PEELED OFF THE BASE. EVALUATION REVEALED THAT THE UP ARROW AND DOWN ARROW KEYPAD BUTTONS ARE INTERMITTENTLY RESPONSIVE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF KEYPAD CONTAMINATION FOUND UNDER ALL KEY CONTACTS. UNRELATED TO THE COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT WAS CRACKED AND THE DISPLAY WAS DIM, FADED, AND DISCOLORED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ANIMAS FOR EVALUATION. 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. 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) 2014, THE REPORTER CONTACTED ANIMAS, ALLEGING THAT THE UP ARROW AND DOWN ARROW KEYPAD BUTTONS WERE UNDER-RESPONSIVE. 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
422341 ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 20 YR