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The most popular insulin pumps for children in the US are Animas, Medtronic MiniMed, and OmniPod (Insulet). All of these are made and sold in the United States.
With a Medtronic insulin pump, one can inject insulin into their body to help them maintain a steady blood glucose level and keep their diabetes under control.
One of the most popular brands that makes a good insulin pump is Medtronic. The Animas Corporation as well as Disetronic Medical also make reliable insulin pumps.
There are many places one might go to purchase an Animas insulin pump. The most reputable resource for a pump would be from one's local pharmacy location.
The Minimed 723 costs about $7200. Supplies (reservoirs and infusion sets) run about $800-900 for 3 months!
Insulin pump. The brand is OmniPod, but as of 2010 he does not wear OmniPod, he wears Medtronic Minimed, which is still connected to his body, but with tubing as opposed to being stuck to his skin with the OmniPod.
Dean Kamen inevented insulin pump
An insulin pump can be used as an alternative to multiple daily injections of insulin by insulin syringe.This method is known as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy.
"When using an insulin pump, the reservoir needs to be filled with insulin. You do this by drawing insulin from a vial into the reservoir with the plunger, and then removing the needle."
High cost
A diabetic pump, also known as an insulin pump, is used to regulate the amount of insulin used by a patient. It is an alternative to having multiple insulin injections a day.
Well, an Insulin Pump is a little device that kind of looks like a cell phone. It produces insulin for your body if you have diabetes, if you want to know what an insulin pump looks like go to Google and type in: Insulin pump. There is many different kinda of pumps. And I'm not sure if there used in space....