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Thursday, February 13, 2020

One person has died, thousands of insulin pumps recalled

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for an insulin pump that thousands of people use with Type 1 diabetes.

The recall is centered around certain Medtronic MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps.

One person has died, 2,175 people have received injuries and there have been more than 26,000 complaints, according to a statement released by the FDA.

Medtronic is recalling the specified insulin pumps due to a missing or broken retainer ring. That ring helps lock the insulin cartridge into place, according to the FDA.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Little old news this was in June last year..........

SbyNews_Staff said...

12:47
Look again. How can it be for June of 2019 when Medtonic notified customers in November 2019.

The press release from the FDA is dated 2/12/2020

The date on the article from Fox 45 is February 13th.

Where do you see June of last year?