FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

H-TRONPLUS

MDR report key: 593957 · Received April 11, 2005

Report

Report Number
2183996-2005-00207
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 11, 2005
Date of Event
March 7, 2005
Report Date
March 10, 2005
Manufacturer
DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
LZG
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT REPORTED EXPERIENCING ELEVATED BLOOD GLUCOSE (250-460 MG/DL), FOR 3 DAYS. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ATTEMPTED TO LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE BY DELIVERING SEVERAL LARGE BOLUSES; HOWEVER, THEIR BLOOD GLUCSE DID NOT DECREASE, AS EXPECTED. NO ERROR MESSAGES WERE GENERATED BY THE DEVICE. PT STATED THAT, BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP, THEY SWITCHED TO THEIR BACK-UP DEVICE, AND DELIVERED A 10U BOLUS. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, PT'S BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURED 85 MG/DL. PT INDICATED THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL DEVICE WAS NOT DELIVERING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF INSULIN, AND WAS AT FAULT FOR ELEVATED BLOOD GLUCOSE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 H-TRONPLUS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG DISETRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS H-TRONPLUS NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 27 YR DATE OF TREATMENT: NA.| INSULIN, INSULIN INFUSION SET: