User's Manual

Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System
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■ How Does the OmniPod System Work?
The OmniPod is a small, lightweight, self-adhesive insulin Pod
that you fill with insulin and wear directly on your body for up to
three days, then replace. The OmniPod delivers precise, personal-
ized 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 can-
nula is inserted only once with each OmniPod.
The Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) is a wireless, handheld
device that:
• Programs the OmniPod with your personalized insulin-
delivery instructions
• Wirelessly monitors the OmniPod’s operation
• Incorporates a FreeStyle® blood glucose meter
With just two parts, you’ll enjoy all the functionality and benefits
of continuous insulin delivery and blood glucose monitoring.
Plus you’ll enjoy the safety, convenience, and freedom of:
No tubing
There is no tubing connecting the OmniPod to the PDM. You
wear the OmniPod comfortably and discreetly under your
clothes. You can carry the PDM separately in a backpack, brief-
case, or purse. With the OmniPod Insulin Management System,
you don’t have to worry about snagging, tangling, or feeling
tethered by tubing.
Automated cannula insertion
With the OmniPod System, you don’t have to insert the infusion
set manually or carry around a separate inserter. You simply press
a button on the PDM and the OmniPod’s automated insertion
system safely and consistently inserts the cannula beneath the
skin, virtually pain free.
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It then begins delivering insulin accord-
ing to your programmed basal rate.
A fully-integrated design with blood glucose monitoring
With a fully integrated two-part design, there’s no need to carry
separate infusion sets, reservoirs, or inserters. It’s all integrated
into the OmniPod. With the PDM, you can check your blood glu-
cose level using FreeStyle® blood glucose test strips, but without
the hassle of carrying a separate blood glucose meter.
If you prefer to use another blood glucose meter, you can enter
the readings manually into the PDM.
1. Data on file at Insulet Corporation.