Review Article

A Survey of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes—Part I: Therapies and Devices

Table 1

Specification comparison of commercial insulin pumps.

CompanyAnimasDeltecDisetronicMiniMedInsulet

ModelIR-1250 [11]Cozmo [12]Spirit [13]Paradigm522/722 [14]OmniPod [33]

Dimensions79 51 1980 47 2480 56 20522: 51 79 20 722: 51 79 20Pod: 41 61 18 Pda: 66 110 26

Screen size992 sq mm870 sq mmUnavailable774 sq mm1,848 sq mm on PDA controller

Basal deliveryEvery 3 minutesEvery 3 minutesEvery 3 minutesVariesInformation unavailable

Basal temperatureInitially −90% to +200%, varies for every half an hourVaries from 0% to 200% with an increment of 5% for every half an hourVaries from 0% to 200% with an increment of 10% for every half an hour+/−0.1 increment as single basal rate for 0.5 to 24 hoursInformation unavailable

Carb and correction factorsManual entry and assist from EZ managerManual carbohydrate, BG from attached CoZ monitorManual carbohydrate, BG from Accu-check BG monitorManual carbohydrate, BG from BD meter or manual entryInformation unavailable

Battery AA lithium 1AAA 1AA 1 Alkaline or RechargeableAAAAAA 2

MotorDCDCDCDCStepper

MemoryNonvolatile: 600 bolus, 270 basal, 120 daily totals, 30 alarms, and 60 primesNonvolatile: 90 days of basals, carbohydrates, boluses, correction boluses, and alarmsNonvolatile: 90 days history recall of last 30 boluses, alerts, daily insulin totals, and temporary basal rate increase4000 events volatile: 24 boluses, and 7 days totals90 days of data

Extra featuresClip-on covers, personalized carbohydrate, and correction factors, tracks residual bolus insulinCarbohydrate and correction factors, tracks residual bolus insulin, detailed records of pump, and daily bolus total correctionAvailability of different types of user menus, icon and menu driven programming, backlight display, and reversible display screenExtended bolus, auto offIntegrated free style meter, 1000 common foods in PDA