{"id":37461,"date":"2015-01-12T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37461"},"modified":"2015-12-30T05:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T10:36:46","slug":"fda-approves-the-tflex-tandems-larger-capacity-insulin-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37461","title":{"rendered":"FDA Approves the t:flex, Tandem&#8217;s Larger Capacity Insulin Pump\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tandem-Diabetes-Care-Logo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37462 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tandem-Diabetes-Care-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Tandem Diabetes Care Logo\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>The U.S. FDA has granted the Tandem Diabetes Care clearance to market the t:flex Insulin Pump. At 480 units, the insulin reservoir of the t:flex Pump has the largest capacity currently available in the United States.\u00a0The t:flex Pump is designed for people who require more than 100 units of U-100 insulin per day, such as teenagers with type 1 diabetes and many people with type 2 diabetes, offering the benefits of pump therapy without the frequent reservoir changes required by 200- and 300-unit capacity pumps. At 480 units, the insulin reservoir of the t:flex Pump has the largest capacity currently available in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tandem-tflex-insulin-pump.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37463 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tandem-tflex-insulin-pump.jpg\" alt=\"Tandem tflex insulin pump\" width=\"523\" height=\"260\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tandem-tflex-insulin-pump.jpg 523w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tandem-tflex-insulin-pump-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The t:flex Pump was designed through the same user-focused development process employed with the t:slim Insulin Pump and incorporates its slim design, advanced Micro-Delivery technology, and simple-to-use touch-screen interface<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The t:flex Pump is expected to launch in the United States in the second quarter of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. FDA has granted the Tandem Diabetes Care clearance to market the t:flex Insulin Pump. 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The t:flex Pump is designed for people who require more than 100 units of U-100 insulin per day, such as teenagers with type 1 diabetes and many people with type 2 diabetes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":37462,"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":[381,1578],"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:flex, Tandem&#039;s Larger Capacity Insulin Pump\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FDA has granted the Tandem Diabetes Care clearance to market the t:flex Insulin Pump. 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