Meter value

The blood glucose measurement received from Paradigm Link meter. Appears in the ENTER BG screen during bolus programming. Appears on the screen when the pump is idle at the HOME screen.

Maximum ID entries

expiration:

range:

 

warning limits:

3

12 minutes

(mg/dL)

20 – 600

less than 20 or greater than 100 mg/dL

 

 

(mmol/L)

1.1 – 33.3

less than 1.1 or greater than 5.6 mmol/L

 

 

 

 

 

Normal bolus

Range 0.1 – 25.0 units of insulin (limited by maximum bolus setting).

Occlusion detection

When occlusion is detected, the “no delivery alarm” will occur. The occlusion alarm is triggered by an average of 2.77 units of “missed” insulin. This table shows occlusion detection for 3 different situations when using U100 insulin.

Rate

Minimum time

Typical time

Maximum time

 

before alarm

before alarm

before alarm

bolus delivery (1.5 u/minute)

92 seconds

116 seconds

162 seconds

 

 

 

 

basal delivery (1.0 u/hour)

2.2 hours

3.09 hours

4.47 hours

 

 

 

 

basal delivery (0.05 u/hour)

37.4 hours

59.2 hours

87 hours

 

 

 

 

Percent temp basal

Default value: 100% of basal programming

Power supply

The pump is powered by a standard 1.5 V AAA alkaline battery (Energizer brand recommended).

Prime function

Fixed prime range0.1 – 25.0 units (limited by maximum bolus)

Manual prime limit: warning at 30 units, then at each 10 units thereafter.

Fill rate: ........ 1 to 5 units/second.

NOTE - Prime insulin is not counted in daily totals but is recorded separately in the prime history.

Prime history

Maximum records shown: 20 (manual and fixed)

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Energizer 715, 515 manual Normal bolus