Tag: Insulin Pump

The Spring Universal Infusion Set Experiment

I’ve been on an insulin pump for six and a half months. I use a Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Veo (without the CGM) and until this week I have used…
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Medtronic Launches mySentry the First-Of-Its-Kind Remote Glucose Monitor

Medtronic announced the U.S. market launch of the first-of-its-kind mySentry™ Remote Glucose Monitor, which allows a parent or caregiver to monitor from another room a patient’s MiniMed Paradigm® REAL-Time Revel™ System. The remote glucose monitor also marks the launch of a new category of Connected Care solutions that will provide...
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Medtronic Launches mySentry the First-Of-Its-Kind Remote Glucose Monitor

Medtronic announced the U.S. market launch of the first-of-its-kind mySentry™ Remote Glucose Monitor, which allows a parent or caregiver to monitor from another room a patient’s MiniMed Paradigm® REAL-Time Revel™ System. The remote glucose monitor also marks the launch of a new category of Connected Care solutions that will provide...
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Spring To Launch Special Infusion Sets for Children with Diabetes

Since its recent commercial launch, the Spring Universal Infusion Set has been particularly well received by parents of children with type 1 diabetes. Specifically, the following features were highly favored: the automatic all-in-one inserter (which gives young patients the independence to do their own site changes), the lightning-fast needle insertion...
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My Revel-ations

So, I finally got a new insulin pump, the Minimed Paradigm 523, otherwise known as the Revel. I didn’t want to get it. I’ve been hoping…
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FDA Grants Medtronic Approval to Conduct In-Home Study of Insulin Pump with Low Glucose Suspend

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Medtronic approval of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to conduct a pivotal in-home clinical trial protocol for the ASPIRE (Automation to Simulate Pancreatic InsulinREsponse) study of the MiniMed Paradigm® System featuring Low Glucose Suspend (LGS) automation. FDA approval of the IDE makes Medtronic’s ASPIRE study the first in-home pivotal trial of a closed loop system for type 1 diabetes management...
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Too Sexy For My Pump: A Plea To Medtronic

Too Sexy For My Pump: A Plea To Medtronic

I don’t see that the company ethos has an understanding of the aesthetic I really want—the user-friendly, this-wouldn’t-look-weird-next-to-my-Louboutins* aesthetic.
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New Animas Combined CGM and Insulin Pump Receives European Approval

The Animas corporation announced that Animas Vibe, the first and only continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-enabled insulin pump system with Dexcom G4™ CGM technology, received the CE Mark of approval. The Animas® Vibe combines the features of an Animas insulin pump with the convenience of Dexcom CGM, which is the only sensor approved for up to seven days of wear...
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