Users Manual Part 6
Understanding SmartBolus Calculator Calculations 18
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18 Understanding SmartBolus Calculator Calculations
18.1. The SmartBolus Calculator
Your Omnipod 5 System's SmartBolus Calculator can do a lot of the work of
calculating a bolus for you. e SmartBolus Calculator uses your personal settings
and also takes into account any insulin that remains (referred to as insulin on
board or IOB) from automated insulin delivery and from recent boluses.
SmartBolus Calculator Boluses
When calculating a bolus, the SmartBolus Calculator considers a bolus to be made
up of the following two components:
• Correction bolus: Used to lower glucose when it gets too high.
• Meal bolus: Used to cover carbs in a meal.
Extended boluses
When using the SmartBolus Calculator, you can extend some or all of a meal
bolus in Manual Mode, but a correction bolus cannot be extended. A correction
bolus is always delivered immediately. In the following example, three units of
insulin are extended:
Total bolus = 5 units (1 unit correction bolus + 4 units meal bolus)
Deliver now = 2 units (1 unit correction + 1 unit meal bolus)
Extend = 3 units (3 units meal bolus)
Maximum Bolus
e Omnipod 5 System does not allow you to enter a bolus that is above your
Maximum Bolus setting. If the SmartBolus Calculator calculates a bolus amount
greater than your Maximum Bolus, you will only be able to deliver up to the
Maximum Bolus amount. To adjust it, tap the Total Bolus eld and enter a revised
bolus.
Controlling the bolus amount
e SmartBolus Calculator is a useful tool, but you have the ultimate control over
the amount of a bolus to be delivered. Aer the SmartBolus Calculator suggests
a bolus amount, you can conrm the suggested bolus or increase or decrease
it. Always check the Calculations to conrm the amount of insulin before it is
delivered.