[FDA press release]
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Recalls Version 2.7 of the Apple iOS t:connect >Mobile App Used in Conjunction with t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Control-IQ >Technology Prompted by a Software Problem Leading to Pump Battery Depletion
**The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of >recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death.**
....
The reason for the recall is due to an issue with the software that may cause >the mobile app to crash and be automatically relaunched by the iOS operating >system. This cycle intermittently repeats, which leads to excessive Bluetooth >communication that may result in pump battery drain and may lead to the pump >shutting down sooner than typically expected.
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[comment: Fortunately, this failure mode means the pump stops dispensing >insulin, which, while it can lead to ugly medical problems, takes hours or days
to get bad and can usually be noticed in time. The reverse problem, namely >dumping large amounts of insulin into the blood stream, can cause immediate >brain damage and other life threats (c.f. Sunny von Bullow).]
rest: >https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/tandem-diabetes-care-inc-recalls-version-27-apple-ios-tconnect-mobile-app-used-conjunction-tslim-x2
, danny burstein wrote:
[FDA press release]
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Recalls Version 2.7 of the Apple iOS t:connect >>Mobile App Used in Conjunction with t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Control-IQ >>Technology Prompted by a Software Problem Leading to Pump Battery Depletion >>
**The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of >>recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death.**
....
The reason for the recall is due to an issue with the software that may cause >>the mobile app to crash and be automatically relaunched by the iOS operating >>system. This cycle intermittently repeats, which leads to excessive Bluetooth >>communication that may result in pump battery drain and may lead to the pump >>shutting down sooner than typically expected.
======
[comment: Fortunately, this failure mode means the pump stops dispensing >>insulin, which, while it can lead to ugly medical problems, takes hours or days
to get bad and can usually be noticed in time. The reverse problem, namely >>dumping large amounts of insulin into the blood stream, can cause immediate >>brain damage and other life threats (c.f. Sunny von Bullow).]
rest: >>https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/tandem-diabetes-care-inc-recalls-version-27-apple-ios-tconnect-mobile-app-used-conjunction-tslim-x2
In the interim, I am nonetheless wonderfully hungry ( >https://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) for food right now (Luke 6:21a) and
hope you, Danny, and others reading this, also have a healthy appetite
for food right now too.
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