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This complaint was received via user report and has been reported to fda.An extended investigation has been performed for the reported complaint and it has been determined that there was no indication that the product did not meet specification.Software investigation: the customer reported unexpected glucose alarms.After attempting to identify the customer's reported configurations, the information provided in the complaint was insufficient to conduct a comprehensive investigation.The lack of the os version, along with device name and application version, restricts the ability to identify potential causes of the customer's reported issue.The most probable root causes associated with this failure mode are software/data corruption or misuse.However, mitigations are in place to reduce and prevent such issues.All vital functions are monitored by the system and, when necessary, function is suspended to safeguard against inaccurate results.Labeling is provided to instruct the user on the intended use of all vital parts of the system to minimize misuse.All complaints and complaint trends are investigated to determine if there is a product defect/ deficiency.If a product defect/ deficiency is identified, a risk evaluation is completed and compared to the risk management report, to ensure the risk profile has not changed.Additionally, as a part of abbott¿s post-market surveillance process, all risk evaluations with associated complaint data are reviewed annually to determine if the risk profiles have changed as compared to the product risk management reports.These monitoring processes ensure that all product risk profiles remain acceptable and have a positive benefit/ risk ratio.Sensor investigation: a tripped trend review was conducted for the reported complaint and freestyle libre 3 sensors, no trends were identified that would indicate any product related issues.The most probable root causes associated with this failure mode are software/data corruption or misuse.However, mitigations are in place to reduce and prevent such issues.All vital functions are monitored by the system and, when necessary, function is suspended to safeguard against inaccurate results.Labeling is provided to instruct the user on the intended use of all vital parts of the system to minimize misuse.All complaints and complaint trends are investigated to determine if there is a product defect/ deficiency.If a product defect/ deficiency is identified, a risk evaluation is completed and compared to the risk management report, to ensure the risk profile has not changed.Additionally, as a part of abbott¿s post-market surveillance process, all risk evaluations with associated complaint data are reviewed annually to determine if the risk profiles have changed as compared to the product risk management reports.These monitoring processes ensure that all product risk profiles remain acceptable and have a positive benefit/ risk ratio.If the product is returned, a physical investigation will be performed and a follow-up report submitted.All pertinent information available to abbott diabetes care has been submitted.The device manufacturing date does not apply.The date entered in section h4 is the date abbott diabetes care became aware of the event.This is 1 of 3 mdr submission.
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Abbott diabetes care received a medwatch report which reported the following information pertaining to an abbott diabetes care (adc) device: the customer reported alarm with the adc device in use with unknown phone with android operating system version.It was reported that the customer encountered a "loss of signal" which resulted in the to the device alarming.The customer disabled the audible alarms however, they indicated that the "software overrides all the setting" resulting in a continuous alarm.There was no report of self-treat or third-party medical treatment provided for the reported issue.No contact information was provided to adc, therefore adc is unable to attempt any follow up activities related to this event.Based on the information provided, there was no report of serious injury associated with this event.
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