FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ASANTE SNAP INSULIN PUMP SYSTEM

MDR report key: 4095505 · Received September 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
3009351200-2014-00008
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 8, 2014
Date of Event
August 3, 2014
Report Date
September 6, 2014
Manufacturer
ASANTE SOLUTIONS INC.
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K122483
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: THE BATTERY IN THE PUMP WAS ACTUALLY STILL GOOD, DIS-PROVING THE ORIGINAL NOTION THAT THE PUMP BATTERY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. IT APPEARS THAT THE ISSUES BEGAN WITH THE RECEIPT OF THE SAFETY MANAGER ERROR AND THE RESTART OF THE SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH THE CUSTOMER'S PARENT INDICATED THAT NO ALARMS WERE HEARD BY HER SON, THE DEVICE LOGS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF THE RETURNED UNIT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ASSERTION. THE SAFETY MANAGER ERROR INITIATES THE LOUDEST OF ALL ALARM MODES IN THE DEVICE, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A SHRILL SIREN AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO IGNORE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MOTHER OF CUSTOMER CALLED ASANTE ON (B)(6) 2014 TO REPORT THAT HER SON WOKE UP NOT FEELING WELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. WHEN THEY CHECKED HIS PUMP SYSTEM, THEY FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER'S MOTHER, NO ALARM WAS HEARD. SHE STATED THAT HER SON WAS NO HIS SECOND DAY OF USING THAT PUMP BODY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
551019 ASANTE SNAP INSULIN PUMP SYSTEM PUMP, INFUSION, INSULIN LZG ASANTE SOLUTIONS INC. 7111 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 14 YR Other| R