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The OmniPod Insulin Management System is an innovative continuous insulin delivery system that provides all the proven benefits of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) therapy in a way no conventional insulin pump can. The System's innovative design and features allows you to live your life - and manage your diabetes - with unprecedented freedom, comfort, convenience and ease - and no strings attached.

The OmniPod: a small, lightweight self-adhesive insulin pod that you fill with insulin and wear directly on your body for up to three days and then replace. The OmniPod delivers precise, personalized doses of insulin into your body through a small flexible tube (called a cannula) based on instructions that you program into its wireless companion, the Personal Diabetes Manager. The cannula is inserted only once with each OmniPod.

  • Reduces the number of devices for you to learn and manage by integrating the infusion set, inserter, insulin reservoir and batteries of a conventional insulin pump.
  • Hides discreetly beneath your clothing - no one will know you're wearing it at all.
  • Enables you to move, dress, bathe and sleep as you please, with no tubing to tie you up.
  • Requires no separate batteries.
  • Is so lightweight (1.2 ounces with full reservoir) and comfortable you'll forget you're wearing it.
  • Features automated cannula insertion, the world's fastest[1] insertion that's also virtually pain-free[1]. No separate inserters or manual insertion!
 

The Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM): a wireless, handheld device that programs the OmniPod with your personalized insulin delivery instructions, wirelessly monitors the OmniPod's operation and incorporates a FreeStyle blood glucose meter.

  • Guides you step by step through all operations – from programming instructions to changing the OmniPod – with simple English and menus.
  • Features a large display and backlight for easy reading in any light.
  • Looks like a personal organizer - no one will know you're managing your diabetes.
  • Fits conveniently in a purse, pocket, briefcase or backpack. You don't have to wear it on your belt or anywhere else!
  • Eliminates the need to carry a separate meter with an integrated Freestyle® blood glucose meter for virtually pain-free[2] testing.
  • Integrates blood glucose results right into bolus calculations, so you don't have to transfer your results.
  • Takes the math out of bolus dosing with a suggested bolus calculator and a built in food reference library with over 1,000 common food items.
  • Helps you get the most from your therapy by storing, displaying and downloading insulin, glucose, and carbohydrate history records, all in one place.


Precise, personalized insulin delivery

  • 7 basal programs with up to 24 segments each
  • Flexible bolus delivery options, including extended and combination
  • Temporary basal rates in percentage or units/hour

Safety

  • Continuous safety checks
  • Alarms and alerts, including hazard, occlusion, low reservoir, OmniPod expiration and auto off
  • Innovative motor designed to eliminate the risk of runaway insulin delivery

Durability

  • IPX8 watertight rating (8 feet for 30 minutes)

Power Source

  • OmniPod – integrated, nonreplaceable batteries
  • PDM – 2 AAA alkaline batteries

Warranty/Guarantee


[1] Data on file at Insulet Corporation.
[2] Data on file at Abbott Diabetes Care.

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