User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Tips for Reading and Understanding this User Guide
- 2 Before you Begin Using Bigfoot Unity
- 3 Indications and Safety Information
- 4 Bigfoot Unity Welcome Kit
- 5 First Time Setup of Bigfoot Unity
- 6 Using Bigfoot Unity Caps
- 6.1 Pairing the Black and White Caps
- 6.2 Using the Black and White Caps
- Viewing Time Since Last Long-Acting Dose on the Black Cap
- Viewing Long-Acting Dose Amount on the Black Cap
- Viewing Time Since Last Rapid-Acting Dose on the White Cap
- Using your White Cap to View Current Glucose
- Viewing Correction Dose Amount on the White Cap
- Viewing Meal Dose Amounts on the White Cap
- Viewing Meal + Correction Dose Amounts on the White Cap
- 6.3 Using your Caps when Replacing Insulin Pens
- 6.4 Making Diabetes Treatment Decisions
- 6.5 Charging your Caps
- 7 Using the Sensor
- 8 Daily Use and Additional Features
- 9 Care, Maintenance and Disposal of Bigfoot Unity
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Receiving and Responding to Notifications/Alerts on your App/phone
- Appendix B: Settings for Bigfoot Unity App
- Appendix C: Technical Information
- C.1 Labeling Symbols
- C.2 Sensor Specifications
- C.3 Cap Specifications
- C.4 Communications Specifications
- C.5 Bigfoot Unity™ Diabetes Management System Specifications
- C.6 Kit Specifications
- C.7 Security Measures
- C.8 Quality of Service (QoS)
- C.9 Meter Specifications
- C.10 Performance Characteristics of the FreeStyle Libre 2 Flash Glucose Monitoring System*
- C.11 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- C.12 Warranty
- Index
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Diabetes Management System User Guide | Chapter 8
Alerts
Certain situations regarding your glucose and
Sensor status are important for your diabetes
management and can result in an Alert on your
App/phone regardless of whether you have
scanned the Sensor with the White Cap. Alerts
require your immediate attention. These include
a Low Glucose Alert, Sensor Unavailable Alerts,
and a Long-Acting Dose Alert.
When you set up the App for the rst time, you were given the option
to allow Alerts to come through to your App/phone even if it is muted,
your screen is locked or is set to “Do Not Disturb”. It is possible to have
multiple Alerts active at any time. Always keep your Bigfoot Unity App
open (do not force close) on your phone and keep your phone near
you when you are wearing your Sensor (within 20 ft). This will help you
receive and hear Notications and Alerts, which may prevent severe
low or high glucose. In addition, having your App within communication
range of your Black Cap (within 20 feet) after you take a dose of long-
WARNING: Do NOT use the glucose ranges displayed in
your App to make diabetes treatment decisions. Always use the
White Cap to scan the Sensor or read the Meter before deciding
appropriate treatment. The App only displays ranges of glucose
values and you need more specic information for diabetes
treatment decisions. If you base your treatment on the glucose
range in the App, you might take too much or too little insulin, which
may lead to severe low or high glucose.
See the Alerts section that follows for more information. Also see
Chapter 10 - Troubleshooting for a complete list of Notications and
Alerts that might occur and suggestions for what to do.
OK
No glucose alerts available.
Keep phone near Sensor for
communication to resume.
Make sure phone is within 20
feet (6 meters) of the Sensor or
try scanning Sensor with your
White Cap for <Insulin>.
Sensor Unavailable
12 minutes ago
Example:
Alerts
IMPORTANT: Glucose alerts are an
important safety feature for some people.
For example, those that have impaired
awareness of hypoglycemia or a history
of severe hypoglycemia. Before you turn
alerts off or change their notication
settings, please consult your health care
provider.