CareLink Pro Medtronic CareLink Pro MMT-7335 is a personal computer software application designed to enhance Health Care Provider management of diabetic patients using Medtronic insulin pumps and blood glucose meters. MMT-7335 is intended for use by Health Care Providers/Physicians as a therapy management accessory to: - read and store history and settings data supported insulin pump models and supported blood glucose meters - read and report user-programmable settings on supported pump models - read device data from the CareLink Online system - write new device data to the CareLink system - generate reports from the patient records for use in managing the patient's therapy. CareLink Clinical Medtronic CareLink MMT-7334 is a network based software system residing on a computer server platform connected to the Internet. The system is designed to upload patient data from Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps and supported third-party blood glucose meters to the MMT-7334 central database via a client PC (Personal Computer), which connects to supported devices. The data contained in MMT-7334 is accessible to users using a standard browser, i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer, on a PC that is connected to the Internet. The user may view and print various reports generated from the device data uploaded to MMT-7334, plus additional information provided by the user. The product does not provide any medical advice to patients or physicians. This is currently only intended to be used in Clinical Trials. Both products are CD ROMs.
- Company
- Medtronic Minimed Inc.
- Recall Initiated
- November 10, 2014
- Posted
- March 2, 2015
- Terminated
- March 10, 2015
- Recall Number
- Z-1228-2015
- Quantity
- 5 CareLink Pro 4.0 CD ROMs
- Firm Location
- Northridge, CA
Reason for Recall
The firm is informing customers of a software error that might result in an inaccurate display of the Temp Basal time and duration in CareLink Clinical reports with data uploaded from the MiniMed 620G or 640G insulin pump.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution to Japan only. CareLink Clinical is for clinical trials only (US and International)
Lot / Code Info
Medtronic MiniMed CareLink Pro 4.0 model MMT-7335WWP and Clinical model MMT-7334
Root Cause
Software design
Action Taken
Medtronic MiniMed Inc. sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter in December 2014 to all affected customers. The firm states in their letter that patients can continue to use their MiniMed 620G and 640G insulin pump systems, and that there is no risk to patients caused by this issue. The firm instructs that when reviewing the CareLink Pro 4.0 or CareLink Clinicial reports from the MiniMed 620G and 640G insulin pumps not to use the Temp Basal graphic for clinical consideration. For questions regarding this recall call 818-567-4700.