{"id":21951,"date":"2011-11-16T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T18:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=21951"},"modified":"2015-12-30T04:24:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T09:24:35","slug":"fda-approves-the-tslim-tandem-diabetes-care-innovative-insulin-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=21951","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves the t:slim, Tandem Diabetes Care Innovative Insulin Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/the-tslim-pump.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21953 lazyload\" title=\"the tslim pump\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/the-tslim-pump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Tandem Diabetes Care clearance to market the t:slim\u2122 Insulin Delivery System (t:slim). This new full-featured pump is the first-ever with a color touch screen, and is the smallest insulin pump system currently available. The t:slim is one of the first insulin pumps to be cleared under the FDA\u2019s new Infusion Pump Improvement Initiative.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>The t:slim has a color touch screen and was designed to make diabetes management easier to teach and easier to learn. Additional user-oriented features of this insulin pump include an eco-friendly rechargeable battery and USB connectivity to a web-based therapy management software.\u00a0The t:slim is a modern, programmable insulin infusion pump for people with diabetes age 12 and greater who require insulin.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The pump\u2019s streamlined interface provides users with quick and easy access to all the device\u2019s functions. The t:slim features Tandem\u2019s proprietary micro-delivery technology, which provides safe and accurate insulin delivery from a 300-unit cartridge, and allows for the device\u2019s slimmest-in-class form factor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tandem Diabetes Care plan to launch the\u00a0t:slim\u2122 Insulin Delivery System during the first half of 2012.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/tandems-tslim-a-next-generation-pump\/10839\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about\u00a0Tandem Diabetes Care and\u00a0the t:slim\u2122 Insulin Delivery System\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Tandem Diabetes Care clearance to market the t:slim\u2122 Insulin Delivery System (t:slim). This new full-featured pump is the first-ever with a color touch screen, and is the smallest insulin pump system currently available. The t:slim is one of the first insulin pumps to be cleared under the FDA\u2019s new Infusion Pump Improvement Initiative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":29360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1437],"tags":[1159],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FDA approves the t:slim, Tandem Diabetes Care Innovative Insulin Pump<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S.FDA has granted Tandem Diabetes Care clearance to market the t:slim Insulin Delivery System. 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