The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-1263-2025·Announced 2025-03-12

Insulin Pump Recalled for Abnormal Delivery During Flight Pressure Changes

Medtronic MiniMed 720G insulin pumps may malfunction during airplane travel due to air pressure changes, causing abnormal insulin doses that can lead to severe low or high blood sugar emergencies.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: This is a Class II FDA recall of a critical medical device (insulin pump) with potential for serious medical emergencies including death, seizures, coma, and diabetic ketoacidosis, meeting the Severe severity criterion for a high-risk device defect.

Plain-English summary

Medtronic MiniMed is recalling the MiniMed 720G insulin pump (model numbers MMT-1809, MMT-1810, MMT-1859, MMT-1860, MMT-1867) for a safety defect affecting insulin delivery during air travel. Approximately 8,677 units have been distributed worldwide, including throughout all US states and numerous countries.

The pumps can malfunction in response to air pressure changes that occur during airplane takeoff and landing. An unexpected additional insulin dose during takeoff can result in severe hypoglycemia, altered mental status, seizure, coma, or death. An unexpected reduction in insulin delivery during landing can result in severe hyperglycemia, dehydration, diabetic ketoacidosis, or death.

Patients using this pump, particularly those who travel by air, should be aware of these potential risks.

The recalled product

Product
MiniMed insulin pump, REF: 720G (MMT-1809, MMT-1810, MMT-1859, MMT-1860, MMT-1867)
Manufacturer
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
Category
Medical Device — Insulin Pump
Hazard
Affected units
8,677

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (2)

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Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 53 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 12 recalled by Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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