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Medtronic Glucose Pump Monitoring

Diabetics wear the Medtronic insulin pump to provide their bodies with a steady, continuous flow of insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps regulate the body’s use of glucose, a source of energy. Persons with diabetes do not have enough insulin to keep their glucose levels in balance.  Therefore, the insulin must come from an outside source.

Before there were infusion pumps, diabetics needed to manually supply their bodies with insulin through injections. The Medtronic glucose pump replaces the patients need to inject themselves with insulin throughout the day. Many diabetics still use the injection method, however.

Medtronic Diabetes Devices and Supplies

The MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time System consists of a number of devices that work with the pump. These include:

• The pump and monitor. About the size of a pager and worn outside the body on a belt, in a pocket, or elsewhere on the person The monitor has readout-displays and graphs showing average glucose levels every five minutes.  The monitor also has alarms or a vibrator to warn the patient of glucose levels that are too high or too low.

• An infusion set.  This is a very narrow soft flexible tube that carries insulin from the pump’s reservoir into the body.

• A glucose sensor.  The sensor is a tiny electrode that is inserted under the skin and continuously monitors the body’s glucose levels

• A transmitter.  The sensor is connected to a transmitter that sends glucose data to the insulin pump by radio waves.

Medtronic Diabetes Management

Diabetics can use the MiniMed Paradigm Real-Time Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring System to detect changes in their blood glucose levels and deliver insulin to control their levels of blood glucose as needed.

When more glucose is needed, before a meal, for example

• The patient can check his glucose levels on the monitor
• Calculate his insulin needs depending upon what he will eat
• Draw a small amount of blood through a finger stick
• Compare and confirm the information from the blood he has drawn with the readout on the monitor
• Push a button on the pump to deliver the required amount of insulin

For more information or to speak with an attorney about a problem you’ve had with one of these devices, contact our Medtronic lawyers today.

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