# Medtronic Recall from November - 630 and 670 Retainer Ring

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309>\
**Category:** D-News\
**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309 "2020-02-12T19:38:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309/1 "2020-02-12T19:38:50Z")

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[https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/customer-support/product-and-service-updates/notice12-letter?elqTrackId=2983a68746ca45e3bcbd47503dd18bbe&elqaid=483&elqat=2](https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/customer-support/product-and-service-updates/notice12-letter?elqTrackId=2983a68746ca45e3bcbd47503dd18bbe&elqaid=483&elqat=2)

I am including this even though it is a bit stale because I couldn’t find mention of it on our site. Worth knowing about.

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**Author:** ![Jan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jan/32/7539_2.png) [@Jan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jan)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309/2 "2020-02-13T00:38:30Z")

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And apparently it resulted in one death.

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**Author:** ![mike1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mike1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mike1)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309/3 "2020-02-13T19:59:27Z")

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WOW!

Why did they make the retainer ring out of plastic?

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309/4 "2020-02-14T02:08:30Z")

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Well that would be the $1,000,000 question isn’t it. Perhaps it is cheaper? Who knows.

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**Author:** ![ay0hkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@ay0hkay](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ay0hkay)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-recall-from-november-630-and-670-retainer-ring/9309/5 "2020-02-14T19:21:32Z")

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Mine was replaced in November via the recall, and had a loose retainer ring at the time (though it hadn’t really affected the pump’s functionality yet aside from a couple of no delivery alarms I think were probably related)…

The replacement pumps also have plastic retainer rings, but they are now a solid color (the same color as the rest of the pump) and hopefully more durable.