Model Number MMT-975 |
Device Problem
No Apparent Adverse Event (3189)
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Patient Problem
Death (1802)
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Event Date 08/04/2015 |
Event Type
Death
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The claimed failure cannot be confirmed.The complaint has been reviewed based on the customer complaint description and evaluates that no further investigation can be performed before either used samples are received for testing or that the lot number is provided to investigate a potential origin of the product failure in the devices manufacturing traceability documents.It is by the existing data available not possible to make an adequate clinical evaluation: patient's wife reported that her husband died from a stroke.There is not reported any symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis, last blood glucose reading was 282mg/dl (the date of this reading is not reported) blood glucose at time of dead is not available.There is no information regarding infusion set reported, nor is medical report or autopsy available.
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Event Description
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(b)(4).Diabetic male patient treated with insulin via pump and infusion set died from a stroke at home on (b)(6) 2015.There is not reported any symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis, last blood glucose reading was 282mg/dl (the date of this reading is not reported) blood glucose at time of dead is not available.There is no information regarding infusion set reported, nor is medical report or autopsy available.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Additional information 01/20/2016: a visual inspection and a test for flow, ventilation and leak were performed on the returned used device (1 set inserted) the results were found within specifications.Based on the investigation and test results the claimed failure can not be confirmed.If new information becomes available the complaint will be re-opened and appropriate actions will be taken.Clinical evaluation: it is by the existing data available not possible to make an adequate clinical evaluation: patient's wife reported that her husband died from a stroke.There is not reported any symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis, last blood glucose reading was 282 mg/dl (the date of this reading is not reported) blood glucose at time of death is not available.There is no information regarding infusion set reported, nor is medical report or autopsy available.
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Event Description
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(b)(4).Diabetic male patient treated with insulin via pump and infusion set died from a stroke at home on (b)(6) 2015.There is not reported any symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis, last blood glucose reading was 282 mg/dl (the date of this reading is not reported) blood glucose at time of death is not available.There is no information regarding infusion set reported, nor is medical report or autopsy available.
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