Customer complaint notes, stated exposure to moisture buttons not responding, button error alarm, menu continues to scroll without input by user.Device received with intermittent button response due to corroded keypad traces.No button error alarm during testing.Perform brush cleaning with the isopropyl alcohol and cleaning up all corrosion and keypad responding properly.Device passed displacement test a21 alarm test and self test.No unexpected a21 alarm anomalies noted.No unexpected number scrolling during testing.However, moisture damage found on the electronics, motor, battery tube and vibrator assembly noted.Device history download using thds was successful.However, a47 alarms found on the history file which caused corrupted data.Unable to confirm the reported event date due to the corrupted data.A47 alarms are due to the insulin pump not having power for a long period of time.Device received with minor scratched lcd window, cracked belt clip slot, cracked battery tube threads, cracked reservoir tube lip and cracked case at the reservoir tube window corners.The test p-cap/reservoir does lock into place.This mdr related to the puerto rico manufacturing site has been assigned a medwatch number from the medtronic minimed northridge site, per variance 5.Medtronic, inc.(medtronic) is submitting this report to comply with 21 c.F.R.Part 803, the medical device reporting regulation.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information in the time allotted and has provided as much information as is available to the company as of the submission date this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employees caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any "defects" or has "malfunctioned".These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda, to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of reporting pursuant to part 803.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like it because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.
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