Disetronic Medical Systems Inc. (a Member of the Roche Group) Announces a Recall
(Field Corrective Action) of the ACCU-CHEK® Spirit Insulin Pump Due to 'Up' and/or 'Down' Button Failures
Disetronic Medical Systems Inc. announced that it is notifying its customers,
distributors and healthcare professionals about a potential defect in the "up" and/or "down" buttons of some ACCU-CHEK
Spirit insulin pumps. This failure may present as an intermittent or complete loss of function of the "up" and/or "down"
buttons. The pump’s "up" and "down" buttons are used for changing the program in the menu or to administer additional
insulin through a bolus delivery. If the buttons do not function, users may not be able to change any programmed
setting on the pump. If this failure occurs, the pump may not respond with a vibration or acoustic confirmation signal to
a button press and the display will remain unchanged.
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