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The system is the first full-featured insulin pump that can wirelessly communicate with a blood glucose meter. Users can calculate insulin doses and wirelessly instruct the pump to deliver them without touching the pump at all.
Animas to Launch its Wireless Glucose Management System by Mid-August
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In the wake of its clearance by the FDA, Animas Corporation says it will make its new OneTouch® Ping™ glucose management system available to people with diabetes by mid-August.
The system is the first full-featured insulin pump that can wirelessly communicate with a blood glucose meter. Users can calculate insulin doses and wirelessly instruct the pump to deliver them without touching the pump at all.
OneTouch Ping is the first integrated product from two companies within Johnson & Johnson’s Diabetes Care Group: Animas manufactures insulin pumps and LifeScan makes the OneTouch brand of glucose meters and test strips.
The new system boasts the following features.
- The pump can be clipped to a belt, tucked in a pocket or secured under clothing
- It is waterproof in up to 12 feet of water for 24 hours
- It has the lowest basal increments (0.025 U/hr) and lowest bolus increments (0.05 U) currently available on an insulin pump
- It uses currently existing test strips (OneTouch Ultra)
The system will also work with the recently FDA-cleared ezManager® MAX diabetes management software. The software allows users to download data from the insulin pump and meter for review of insulin delivery and blood glucose history by healthcare professionals.
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The new Animas wireless sysyem sounds wonderful. Big question - who can afford one? For which income group are they being marketed? Medicare? HMO's? Family health insurance? Millionaires? We will believe it when we see it!
Somehow this is an advance? You wear your pump, so it's fairly close to you...so now you should keep track of a PDA to eliminate actually touching your pump? What is the replacement cost for losing the thing...will the pump still work if you lose the PDA (like OmniPod).
Do they have any data on how this is going to improve diabetes control? Any studies?
It is a huge advance. I wear my pump on my leg and have to either hike up my pants or bolus through them, yeah that's fun in public. Wearing skirts is a total pain because I have to clip it to my belt…wait, most skirts don’t have a belt! Now I can wear it anywhere, tuck it in my bra or clip it to my underwear even!
Yes, the pump works without the Glucose meter (it is not a PDA). Diabetics use a glucose meter anyway, so this is not something extra, it simply replaces what you have. The meter can be replaced and yes, insurance covers it. My last 2 insurance companies covered a new pump every 4 years & monthly supplies at 100%; they will cover this as well. If you lose it, you can replace it with another one or go back to a standard meter. The cost for this pump/meter combo is marginally higher ($6,300 vs $6,000 for just the pump), however it includes the meter, which is usually $100 - $200. In this case the meter does much more than a standard meter.
This is wonderful and a huge advancement for people who are stuck wearing a device 24/7. Thank you J&J!
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