User`s guide

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The picture below identies parts of the infusion set.
Reservoir
Cap
Infusion Set
Tubing
Adhesive
Backing Paper
Introducer
Needle
Adhesive
Cannula
Housing
Connector
Needle
Cannula
Infusion Set Parts
Cannula• – A slender plastic tube that is under the skin and delivers the insulin in your body. During the insertion
of the infusion set, the center of the cannula contains a ne gauge introducer needle to help the cannula pen-
etrate the skin. The introducer needle is then removed after insertion, leaving the plastic cannula in your skin.
Cannula Housing
• – The part of the infusion set where the tubing connects to the infusion set on your body.
Connector
• Needle – The part of the infusion set that contains a needle to connect to the cannula.
Infusion Set
• – The combination of the reservoir cap, tubing, and cannula that delivers insulin from the pump’s
reservoir into your body. It is used one time only, and is discarded after each use.
Infusion Set Tubing
• – Part of the infusion set that carries insulin from the pump to the cannula.
Introducer Needle
• – The needle inside the cannula that helps insert it under your skin. The needle is removed
and only the cannula is left in your body.
Reservoir Cap
• – The clear plastic cap and handle that is on the outside of your pump when the reservoir is
placed properly in the pump. This connects the Reservoir to the infusion set.
Getting Familiar with the System
You will be using the jogwheel, buttons, and soft keys to move around the menus and screens of your
Aviator Companion after it is charged and set up. Review how you will be navigating the system:
Jogwheel
/ Button /
Soft Keys
Use this to Activate this by
Jogwheel
Enter button
Scroll through and highlight panels, menus, •
or screen options that you want to select.
Select and highlight actions such as
• Clear,
OK, Done, Skip, Edit, Yes, or No, to advance
to the next screen.
Conrm the panel, menu, screen options,
•
and actions that you have highlighted and
selected.
Move forward to the next screen.
•
Stop a normal bolus in progress.•
Scrolling the jogwheel using either your
thumb or index nger in an upward or
downward direction.
Important Note: Be sure to always
check that you have scrolled to the
correct menu or option as desired.
Pressing the jogwheel on the right side
of the companion.
Back button Go back to the previous menu or screen.
•
Cancel a value that was changed.•
Pressing the oval shaped Back button on
the right side of the companion screen
below the jogwheel.
Backlight/QBolus
soft key
Turn on/o the backlight.
•
Deliver a quick bolus.•
Pressing the bottom left soft key on the
companion that has a light bulb icon
for 2 seconds, when you are NOT at the
Home screen.
Pressing the QBolus soft key from the
Home screen. Using the jogwheel, select
amount of bolus to deliver and press
Enter button.
Section 1: Getting Acquainted
1.2 Identify Parts of the System
Section 1: Getting Acquainted
1.2 Identify Parts of the System
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