The Teeny Tiny Tandem Mobi Insulin Pump Goes On Sale Today

The Tandem Mobi — a brand new tiny insulin pump — goes on sale now for purchasers in the US. Tandem Diabetes Care calls it the “world’s smallest sturdy insulin supply system.” The Tandem Mobi is lower than half the dimensions of the favored t:slim X2 pump.

The brand new pump will probably be absolutely appropriate with Tandem’s Management-IQ looping system. Customers of the Dexcom G6 CGM can use the Management-IQ system to mechanically modify insulin doses in response to blood glucose adjustments, making a closed-loop synthetic pancreas system. Management-IQ “makes use of values from a Dexcom G6 CGM to foretell glucose ranges half-hour forward and mechanically modify insulin, if wanted, to assist stop highs and lows.”

The Mobi isn’t a tubeless pump (in contrast to the Omnipod system), however it’s sufficiently small to behave like one. Tandem sells an “adhesive sleeve” that attaches to the physique — principally, a small pocket that sticks to your pores and skin. You possibly can slip the Mobi into the sleeve and run an elective extra-small 5-inch tube between the pump and the infusion. This may permit customers to put on the pump in your legs or arms, for instance, with no need to nestle the pump in a pants pocket or clip it to a waistband. It may also be used like a standard insulin pump.

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Extra particulars — the Tandem Mobi additionally:

• Holds 200 models of insulin, regardless of its small dimension.
• Is managed with an iPhone — there isn’t a display screen on the pump, although there’s a bolus button to ship insulin with out utilizing the smartphone.
• Is appropriate with all of Tandem’s removable infusion units.
• Recharges cordlessly, with inductive charging.
• Is waterproof as much as an IP28 commonplace, “examined at 8 toes for two hours.

Tandem additionally plans to safe compatibility for each the Dexcom G7 and the Freestyle Libre 3, the 2 main next-gen CGM programs, sooner or later.

The Mobi is indicated for individuals with diabetes 1 over the age of 5.

A press launch states that “Tandem is now accepting and transport orders of the Tandem Mobi system to clients. Orders will probably be processed on a primary come first served foundation, with preliminary shipments to customers who meet particular eligibility necessities, together with use of the Dexcom G6 sensor.”