FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 4153756 · Received October 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
2032227-2014-35433
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 8, 2014
Date of Event
September 9, 2014
Report Date
September 9, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO.
Product Code
OYC
PMA / PMN Number
P980022
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENTLY IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE DEVICE MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RETURNED, BUT NOT YET EVALUATED. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW ONCE THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. THIS MDR RELATED TO THE (B)(4) MANUFACTURING SITE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A MEDWATCH NUMBER FROM THE MEDTRONIC (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A CRACKED RESERVOIR TUBE LIP AND MINOR SCRATCHES ON THE DISPLAY WINDOW WERE NOTED DURING THE VISUAL INSPECTION. THE INSULIN PUMP PASSED THE PRIME TEST, DISPLACEMENT TEST, BASIC OCCLUSION TEST, OCCLUSION TEST AND EXCESSIVE NO DELIVERY ALARM TEST.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED HE WOKE UP AND HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS 512 MG/DL. HE TREATED WITH A BOLUS DELIVERY AND A MANUAL INJECTION. HE STATED HE FEELS TIRED. CUSTOMER CHANGED HIS INFUSION SET ABOUT THREE HOURS AGO. IN TROUBLESHOOTING, THE DRIVE SUPPORT CAP APPEARED NORMAL. THERE WERE AIR BUBBLES IN THE TUBING AND RESERVOIR, BUT THEY WERE PRIMED OUT. INSULIN EXITED DURING THE MANUAL PRIME. THERE WAS NO LEAK. THE SETTINGS AND HISTORY ARE CORRECT. THE DEVICE PASSED THE HIGH PRESSURE TEST. THE CANNULA WAS OCCLUDED. CUSTOMER WAS ADVISED THAT HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS ARE OFTEN CAUSED BY INFUSION SET OR SITE ISSUES. CUSTOMER WAS ADVISED TO DO A COMPLETE SET CHANGE AND MONITOR HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE. HIS LAST BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS 491 MG/DL. NOTHING FURTHER REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
632179 PARADIGM REAL-TIME INSULIN INFUSION PUMP INSULIN INFUSION PUMP / SENSOR AUGMENTED OYC MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO. MMT-722LNAS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Required Intervention